Rights retention stratgey for scientific publications

The rights retention strategy encourages you not to transfer exclusive copyright to the publishers of scientific journals. This allows authors to retain control over the dissemination of their manuscripts (reuse of their manuscript or graphics in another article, translation of the text, etc.).

You can consult the guide "Implementing the rights retention strategy for scientific publications" published by Ouvrir la science.

 

Who does it concern?

Only articles published in scientific journals are covered by the strategy.  It does not apply to book chapters or monographs.
In addition, application is mandatory for:

Université Paris-Saclay personnel are also strongly encouraged to follow this strategy.

 

Where to publish?

cOAlition S has developed the Journal Checker Tool to explain how to publish in open access, depending on the journal in question. By entering the journal, the funder and the name of your institution, the open access publication conditions will be provided.


You can also search for a journal on the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) by selecting the "Author retains all rights" option.


You can publish:

  • in a subscription-based journal (without paying a publication fee to make it open access) and then deposit the accepted manuscript version in an open archive from the date of publication,
  • in a fully open access journal (with or without publication fees),
  • under open access in a journal that is part of a so-called "transformative" agreement.


Publication in a hybrid journal is strongly discouraged: these are subscription-based journals that charge a publication fee (or APC) to make the article available in open access on the publisher's website from the date of publication.

Please note: Once the article has been published (even in open access), the manuscript - in its accepted author version - must be deposited in the HAL open archive.

 

 

 

How is it implemented?

If possible, ask for the contract to stipulate that the various versions of the article up to the author accepted version are under free license, and that intellectual property rights are only assigned to the final version published by the publisher.
In case of refusal, please contact:  ANR Contact or scienceouverte@anr.fr, Horizon Europe Contact, info@coalition-s.org

 

 

  1. Apply the CC-by license to article manuscripts as soon as the article is submitted to a journal, and on all successive versions up to the author's manuscript accepted for publication (the AAM) after peer review (the CC by-NC-ND license will be applied for monographs).
  2. Inform the publisher - as soon as the article is submitted - that the CC-by license will be applied to the manuscript and subsequent versions in a visible manner: on the 1st page, in the acknowledgements section of the article or in the article's cover letter.
  3. When signing the contract with the publisher: despite the author's request to apply rights retention, the publisher may ask to sign an exclusive copyright transfer agreement.
  4. As soon as the article is published, immediately deposit the author accepted version (without the publisher's formatting) in the in the HAL open archive. Remember to complete the "document metadata" field, indicating the license used.
Extrait du guide « Mettre en œuvre la stratégie de non-cession des droits sur les publications scientifiques » publié par Ouvrir la science : https://www.ouvrirlascience.fr/mettre-en-oeuvre-la-strategie-de-non-ces… - Licence CC-by 4.0

 

  • If you are financed by a cOAlition S member:

"This research was funded, in whole or in part, by [Organisation name, Grant #]. A CC-BY public copyright license has been applied by the authors to the present document and will be applied to all subsequent versions up to the Author Accepted Manuscript arising from this submission, in accordance with the grant’s open access conditions."


In French, for ANR projects:
"Cette recherche a été financée, en tout ou partie, par l’Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR) au titre du projet ANR-nn-XXXX-nnnn. (This research was funded, in whole or in part, by the French National Research Agency (ANR) under project ANR-nn-XXXX-nnnn.) À des fins de libre accès, une licence CC-BY a été appliquée par les auteurs au présent document et le sera à toute version ultérieure jusqu’au manuscrit auteur accepté pour publication résultant de cette soumission." (For the purpose of Open Access, a CC-BY public copyright licence has been applied by the authors to the present document and will be applied to all subsequent versions up to the Author Accepted Manuscript arising from this submission.)

 

  • If you are not financed by a cOAlition S member:

"For the purpose of Open Access, a CC-BY public copyright licence has been applied by the authors to the present document and will be applied to all subsequent versions up to the Author Accepted Manuscript arising from this submission."


In French:
"À des fins de diffusion en accès ouvert, une licence CC-BY a été appliquée par les auteurs au présent document et le sera à toute version ultérieure jusqu’au manuscrit auteur accepté pour publication résultant de cette soumission."

In English:
"For the purpose of Open Access, a CC-BY public copyright licence has been applied by the authors to the present document and will be applied to all subsequent versions up to the Author Accepted Manuscript arising from this submission."

In English:
"For the purpose of Open Access, a CC-BY public copyright licence has been applied by the authors to the present document and will be applied to all subsequent versions up to the Author Accepted
Manuscript arising from this submission."

In French:
"À des fins de diffusion en accès ouvert, une licence CC-BY a été appliquée par les auteurs au présent document et le sera à toute version ultérieure jusqu’au manuscrit auteur accepté pour publication résultant de cette soumission."