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Well, that is the current policy. But that was not the policy when the paper was published. I have asked them previously about this and never gotten an answer
by jonathaneisen 12y ago
Well, that is the current policy. But that was not the policy when the paper was published. I have asked them previously about this and never gotten an answer as to whether they applu this policy retroactively.
- jonathaneisen 12y agoAnd I note - that is for the authors version of the paper which for older papers many people do not have. I might have it - will look around.
- cge 12y agoIt has been the policy of my lab, and many others, to ignore journal policies on publishing manuscript versions, and post them on our website after the journal publishes the paper. We've never heard of any complaints about this practice, and it results in the papers being available on Google Scholar.
- aftbit 12y agoAt the very least, you have the moral right to do so. If you're concerned about the legalities, contact your institutions' legal department - this is what they're paid for.
- SEMW 12y agoInstitutions' legal departments are in the business of minimising legal risk to their employers. There's no upside to them to give the go-ahead to an academic asking 'can I do X' for X dubiously compliant even if probably low-risk, since if they do and then a journal does get up-in-arms about it, they assumed responsibility. Their saying 'no' has no such risk to them. So they're incentivised to err on the conservative side.
- jonathaneisen 12y agoAgreed. I can't imagine UC Davis' legal department being much help here other than to say "Don't do that."