Variations in contracts among publishers.
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Variations in contracts among publishers.
Research recently undertaken among over 1000 academic authors has shown many variations in the contracts offered by publishers. In this article I list and assess the more important sources of variation. The relevant conditions of the contract may be grouped into three broad categories: those relating to the obligations of the author, those relating to the obligations of the publisher, and those...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.6159.312