When publishing in the University of Vaasa series, the author must have a publication permit and sign a publication agreement with the university. Reprint rights for the publication will be given later if necessary.
The doctoral candidate is responsible for the content of the dissertation and the user rights. The author must have full copyright or permission from the original copyright holder to figures, tables, and other material in their dissertation, both print and online publication.
Open access does not automatically mean that the article can be used freely, it is still subject to copyrights. However, the author or the publisher can give the reader different rights by using the Creative Commons license. If the article has any kind of CC license, it can be added to an article-based dissertation without asking permission.
You can share your publication published in either University of Vaasa Reports or the University of Vaasa Research Papers series using a Creative Commons license.
The articles/essays or monograph that comprise the dissertation must be openly published.
The author should ensure that they have a reprint permit to publish all articles in both print and online dissertations. Reprint permits must be submitted along with other material to the publication process.
Please note that reprint rights for some articles might not be free, and there might be an embargo period when publishing online. Some permits can take several months to get.
In addition to the text of an article, the appearance of the published article might be subjected to different copyrights and licenses. The best option is to use the latest version before the publisher´s edit (post-print, AAM, final draft). If the publisher grants the permission to use a published article, make sure that you provide the publishing services the file in which the font is embedded.
If you use these permit conditions, inform the publishing services, and you do not have to send anything. If you have a permit other than these, send it to the publishing services. Appropriate citation must be clearly given to the original work.
These publishers might have articles paid for open by Article Processing Charges (APCs) with a Creative Commons license. Articles distributed under the CC license do not require a separate authorization.
Follow the link of your article titled, for example, ”Reprints & Permissions” or ”Get Permissions”. The link will take you to RightsLink, where you will add the required information. The permit given by RightsLink to use an article as you wish can be anything from a message of a few lines to a carefully specified permit text of many pages. For example, Springer, Taylor & Francis and SAGE use RightsLink with their publications.
These publishers might have articles paid for open by Article Processing Charges (APCs) with a Creative Commons license. Articles distributed under the CC license do not require a separate authorization.
Does the publisher provide the required information for reprinting articles? Send the link to the publishing services.
Check the publication contract you signed. Did you give the copyrights to the publisher? If that is the case, you have to ask for a reprint permit.
Dear Editor,
I have published (together with XX) the article/paper below as a part of your journal/conference proceedings/? in 20XX.
I’m asking your permission to republish/reuse my/our article in my doctoral dissertation, both digital and printed versions. The article in question is "NAME OF THE ARTICLE", author/s First Name Surname (and First Name Surname).
Use the APA 7 style.
[#] Author(s). (Year). The name of the article, essay, conference paper or book chapter [Work status]. Journal, book, conference. https://doi.org/10.1234. Copyright status. Permission statement.
Work status can be
Work status can be updated before publishing the dissertation.
If you have submitted or are submitting an article for publication, remember to keep the publisher's representative informed and tell them that the article is coming to publication as part of the dissertation.
Copyright status can be
Permission statement is
