Open Access Policies

We have no single copyright agreement form for authors and use different versions depending on the journal and the wishes of the society for whom we publish. For some journals, authors sign an Exclusive License Agreement, while for other journals authors sign a Copyright Transfer Agreement. In most cases authors may post the submitted version of their article to a website/repository after publication, although in some disciplines (e.g. Social Sciences and Humanities) we permit posting of the submitted version at any time, not limited to after publication.

Some research funding bodies require deposit/posting of accepted articles, i.e. articles that have been peer-reviewed and accepted for publication but not yet copy-edited, typeset, or otherwise enhanced as part of the publication process. Separate arrangements exist to meet these requirements (see below).

Authors who wish for their final published article to be made openly accessible may be able to do so using our OnlineOpen option. This ensures that the article appears as open access on our digital publishing platform, it is posted to PubMed Central, and it can be reused for non-commercial purposes.

In all other cases, Wiley-Blackwell restricts posting of the final published version in order to ensure the integrity of the version of record and as a result of our considerable investment in the journal and the article.

Under all of our template copyright agreements, authors may reuse all of their tables, data, figures and artwork without any restrictions other than those mandated by scientific ethical practices (e.g. credit must be given and modifications must be noted). Authors may also use the final published version in e-reserves, in teaching duties, and in course packs, and they may send the final PDF to colleagues for their personal use.

We recommend that librarians who wish to post articles in their institutional repository check with the author directly to confirm the embargo period and rights associated with their article. The institutional repository record should include full bibliographic details and provide a link to the journal's formal site so that users can make reference to the final published version of the article.

Austrian Science Fund (FWF)

Project holders from the FWF are free to choose open access options from Wiley-Blackwell: publish in any Wiley Open Access journal or by choosing the OnlineOpen option which is available on many Wiley-Blackwell journals. These open access options are especially recommended for researchers from the life sciences and related fields who are asked by the FWF to deposit their publications into PMC/UKPMC, see guidelines here.

For FWF-funded authors payment for OnlineOpen or Wiley Open Access publication charges will be paid directly by FWF with no charge payable by the author. Please note: The FWF can only cover publication costs under following conditions:

(1) One of the authors must be the project holder and/or a project worker.

(2) The FWF must be mentioned in the Acknowledgements as following: Austrian Science Fund (FWF): project number(s).

(3) If the project is still running or has not ended more than 36 months ago.

Telethon Italy

Telethon has implemented an Open Access Policy requiring that all grant holders must deposit their research papers in UK PubMed Central (UK PMC). Authors can comply with the Telethon open access policy when publishing in any Wiley Open Access journal or by choosing the OnlineOpen option which is available on many Wiley-Blackwell journals.

For Telethon-funded authors payment for OnlineOpen or Wiley Open Access publication charges will be paid directly by Telethon with no charge payable by the author.

If an author submits an article to a journal that is not currently included in the OnlineOpen program, and the author wishes to opt for OnlineOpen, we will be able to give immediate open access to the published version and deposit in PubMed Central under this payment arrangement with the above funders. In such cases, when the article has been accepted for publication, the author should inform the editorial office about his or her intention to make this OnlineOpen.

NIH mandate

Wiley-Blackwell will support our authors by posting the accepted version of articles by NIH grant-holders to PubMed Central upon acceptance by the journal. The accepted version is the version that incorporates all amendments made during peer review, but prior to the publisher's copyediting and stylistic edits, online and print formatting, citation and other linking, deposit in abstracting and indexing services to enable high-level discovery, and the addition of bibliographic and other metadata. This accepted version will be made publicly available 12 months after publication. The NIH mandate applies to all articles based on research that has been wholly or partially funded by the NIH and that are accepted for publication on or after April 7, 2008.

NIH authors should be aware that they will receive an e-mail request once Wiley-Blackwell has posted the files of their accepted manuscript to the NIH Manuscript Submission system to approve the upload for display on the PubMed Central system. This is a requirement of their grant/affiliation.

The societies for whom we publish may decide on a different policy. We will continue to brief them on any discussions that we have with the NIH regarding the processing of the articles, appropriate acknowledgements with citation and linking to the final published version on the publisher's site, and clear licensing terms and conditions for the use of copyrighted material.

For NIH employees only, we will accept the NIH Publishing Agreement. The article will be identified as a US Government Work and will be in the public domain in the USA. In addition, we will post the accepted version of articles written by NIH employees to PubMed Central, as long as the articles are supplied to us with the NIH Publishing Agreement attached.

Wiley-Blackwell also offers its OnlineOpen service. Upon payment of the OnlineOpen fee, we will deposit the published version of the article into PubMed Central, with public availability in PubMed Central and on the journal's website immediately upon publication.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and Wiley-Blackwell have agreed to make post-peer reviewed author manuscripts of articles funded by HHMI publicly available six months following final publication. This policy is implemented for those articles published after October 1, 2007. Wiley-Blackwell will deposit the author's accepted manuscript, i.e. the post-peer-reviewed and accepted but not edited and typeset version, of original research articles on which any HHMI investigator is an author, to PubMed Central (PMC). This arrangement requires nothing of the grantee; identification and deposit are the responsibility of the publisher.

No changes are required to your copyright agreement.

Wellcome Trust

The Wellcome Trust announced in 2006 that all grant holders must make their research papers freely available through PubMed Central (PMC) and UK PubMed Central (UKPMC) as soon as possible, and in any event, within six months of publication. Authors can comply with the open access policy when publishing in any Wiley Open Access journal or by choosing the OnlineOpen option which is available on many Wiley-Blackwell journals. Wiley-Blackwell will deposit the final PDF and XML of the article; this is the final, authoritative version of the article, after peer review, editing, any final corrections, online and print formatting, and publication. If a Wellcome-funded author submits an article to a journal that is not currently included in the OnlineOpen program, and the author wishes to pay the fee and participate, we will be able to accept such a payment to give immediate open access to the published version and deposit in PubMed Central. In such cases, when the article has been accepted for publication, the author should inform the editorial office about his or her intention to make this payment.

No changes are required to your copyright agreement.

Between April 2012 and October 2012 authors funded by the Wellcome Trust at one of the following institutions will not need to pay directly for open access publication charges with Wiley-Blackwell. Payment for OnlineOpen or Wiley Open Access publication charges will be paid directly from their institution's Wellcome Trust open access fund, using the Open Access Key (OAK) system and no charge will be directly payable by the author.

• Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
• Wellcome Trust / UCL
• Wellcome Trust / Leicester University
• Wellcome Trust / Edinburgh University
• Wellcome Trust / Bristol University
• Wellcome Trust / King's College London
• Wellcome Trust / Imperial College London