Publication Agreement The [society/institution name] ("[acronym/abbreviation]") is pleased to undertake the publication of your work tentatively entitled _________________________________________ (the "Contribution") in its publication ____________________________________________ (the "Publication"). You, the undersigned individual(s), will retain copyright to the Contribution as author(s); and you grant us, as publisher, the limited rights detailed below, which are expressly conditioned on the terms of this agreement. We both acknowledge that a static agreement may not be able to contemplate all possible licensing arrangements, technologies or future developments, and therefore we both agree to cooperate in good faith to achieve our mutual goals of maximizing dissemination of your Contribution while ensuring the sustainability of scholarly publishing. Accordingly, we submit the following terms of publication for your consideration. 1. License grant. 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You retain the rights at any time during the Exclusivity Period: (i) reproduce and distribute a reasonable number of copies of any version of the Contribution, including but not limited to the published version, or portions or derivative works thereof, in the course of your teaching, research, conference presentations and similar professional, scientific, or academic activities (but not permit commercial publication or widespread distribution of the Contribution or any significant portion or derivative work thereof); (ii) post or otherwise make any version of the Contribution, or portions or derivative works thereof, available on your personal web site; and (iii) [if and as required by your employing institution(s) or your funding source(s),] make any version of the Contribution available on digital repositories; provided in each case [acronym/abbreviation] (and Publication) is cited as the first/forthcoming publisher of the Contribution and you accurately distinguish any modified version of the Contribution from that published or to be published by us. 3. Editing. [Acronym/abbreviation] will make no material modification to the content of the Contribution without your consent. However, if you fail to return the edited manuscript or proofs of the Contribution by the reasonable deadline set by us, you will be deemed to have consented to that modified version. 4. Credit. [Acronym/abbreviation] agrees to make commercially reasonable efforts to include (and require its sublicensees to include) appropriate credit to the author(s) in customary placement with every copy or use of the Contribution as described in Sections 1 and 2. 5. Complimentary copies. [Acronym/abbreviation] will provide you with a .pdf file (i.e., an Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (.pdf), with the security settings set at "no security") or similar electronic file corresponding to the Contribution as it appeared in the Publication. Following first publication of the Contribution in the Publication, in every instance in which you or others authorized by you republish the Contribution as it appeared in the Publication (whether as a .pdf or otherwise), or substantial portions thereof, or modified versions of the Contribution, you agree to include attribution to the following effect: "This article [or, if applicable: Portions of this article] first appeared in the [issue date] issue of [publication name] published by [publisher name]", and to accurately distinguish any modified version of the Contribution from that published by us. Subject to your credit obligations and our exclusive rights, you remain free to use and license the Contribution in any manner you deem appropriate. 6. Warranties. You warrant that (i) you are the creator of the Contribution or otherwise have the rights necessary to grant the licenses granted to [acronym/abbreviation] herein; and (ii) the Contribution contains no material that infringes or violates any intellectual property or contractual rights of others or that constitutes defamation or invasion of privacy. The foregoing warranties apply only to the Contribution in the form submitted by you to [acronym/abbreviation], and not to any modifications or additions made by [acronym/abbreviation], reviewers or other third parties. 7. Termination. If we do not publish the Contribution in the Publication within [twelve (12)] months following submission of the Contribution, extended to the extent of any delays caused by you, you may terminate this agreement and the licenses granted to us hereunder by providing us with written notice of termination, unless we publish the Contribution within [three (3)] months following receipt of such notice. Such termination of this agreement will be your exclusive remedy for any failure by us to publish the Contribution. 8. Reservation of rights. Except for the express licenses granted above, you retain all rights, title, and interest in and to the Contribution. Subject to Section 2, nothing in this agreement will prevent or limit you from creating or publishing the same, similar or derivative works on the same or similar topics. The license rights granted by you are limited to the version(s) of the Contribution submitted by you and the version(s) approved by you pursuant to Section 3, the copyright of which versions shall be owned by you. 9. Miscellaneous. This agreement contains the entire understanding of the parties and will be governed by the laws of the State of [state], without reference to its conflicts of laws principles. This agreement can only be modified by an agreement in writing signed by the parties. This agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts (including, without limitation, by facsimile or .pdf signature) each of which will be deemed an original and all of which will be taken together and deemed to be one instrument. [Acronym/abbreviation] may assign this agreement in connection with a sale of the Publication or a sale, merger or reorganization of our organization. If the foregoing terms are acceptable, please sign and date this agreement. All joint authors must sign. Please return the original to [acronym/abbreviation] immediately and retain a copy for your records. 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