In our continued effort to support researchers in the open science landscape, AIP Publishing is proud to announce we are now offering an expanded array of open access Creative Commons licenses — providing more nuanced options through which authors can determine how their work is used.
The two new options being made available to AIP Publishing’s author base are:
- CC-BY-NC (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial): Allows individuals to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for non-commercial purposes only — and only so long as attribution is given to the creator.
- CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives): Allows individuals to copy and distribute the material in any medium or format only if it remains un-adapted and used for non-commercial purposes. Attribution must also be given to the creator.
These licensing options are being offered in addition to our CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) license, which is the least restrictive CC license and allows for individuals to distribute, remix, adapt, or build upon the material in any medium or format — including commercial use — without requesting approval from the material’s creator, so long as attribution is provided.
The expanded slate of options allows authors to control how their work is represented and used commercially while still providing free and immediate access to information for the scholarly research community.
Authors publishing open access with AIP Publishing, either through one of our open access journals or in one of our subscription journals through Author Select, will have the opportunity to choose which license they’d like to apply to their work. We invite authors to research the different licensing options now available to them to ensure their choice will meet funder requirements.
When work is published open access with us, AIP Publishing is the publisher for the original article’s version of record, but copyright remains with the author. We encourage authors to a) post accepted versions of their work to their personal website or employee webpage immediately after acceptance and b) deposit the accepted version in an institutional or funder-designated repository.
If you have any questions about AIP Publishing’s licensing policies and options, please don’t hesitate to reach out to rights@aip.org for more information or assistance.