Copy Right Transfer Agreement

1-Parties of the Agreement

 Author  (Co-authors)                                                                                                                                         

Title of the manuscript

(hereinafter referred to as the “Materials”),

Journal title

 “International Journal of Environmental Research (IJER) ”

2. Subject of the Agreement

A. Copyright

1. The Author (and each Co-author) shall transfer and sell to the Publisher for the length of the copyright starting from the moment the present Agreement comes into force the exclusive rights to the Materials, including the rights to translate, reproduce, transfer, distribute or otherwise use the Materials or parts (fragments) contained therein, for publication in scientific, academic, technical or professional journals or other periodicals and in derivative works thereof, worldwide, in English, in print and electronic editions of such journals, periodicals and derivative works in all media or formats  now existing or that may exist in the future, as well as the right to license (or give permission to) third parties to use the Materials for publication in such journals, periodicals and derivative works worldwide.

The transfer under this Agreement includes the right to adapt the presentation of the Materials for use in conjunction with computer systems and programs, reproduction or publication in machine-readable format and incorporation into retrieval systems.

2. Reproduction, placement, transfer or any other distribution or use of the Materials, or any parts of the Materials contained therein, in any way permitted under this Agreement, shall be accompanied by reference to the Journal and mention of the Publisher, namely: the title of the article, the name of the Author (Co-authors), the name of the Journal, volume/number, copyright of the publisher.

B.Reserved Rights

The Author (Co-authors) or the employer of the Author (Co-authors) of the Materials shall retain all proprietary rights (with the exception of the rights transferred to the Publisher under the present Agreement).

C. Other Rights of the Author (Co-authors)

The Publisher supplies the Author (Co-authors) with permission on the following:

1.The right to use print or electronic preprints of the unpublished Materials in form and matter accepted by the Publisher for publication in the Journal. Such preprints can be placed as electronic files on the Authors’ (Co-authors’) Website, or on a secure public Website of the employer of the Author (Co-authors), but not for the purposes of commercial sale or systematic external distribution by a third party. Likewise, the Author must:

Include the following notification into the preprint: “This a preprint of the Materials accepted for publication in IJER.The right to perform free of charge the following actions: to photocopy or transfer to colleagues a copy of the published article, in whole or in part, for their personal or professional use, for promotion of academic or scientific research, or for informational purposes of the employer.

2.The right to use the Materials from the published article in a book written by the Author (Co-authors).

3.The right to use separate illustrations or plates and text fragments from the Materials for his/her/their personal use (including classroom use), for including them into another work, published (in electronic or print format) by a third party or for presenting them in electronic format on an intra/local net, or on a public Website of the Author (Co-authors) or his/her/their employer.

4.The right to include the Materials into lecture notes for classroom use; for free-of-charge distribution of the Materials to students of the Author (Co-authors); or to maintain them in electronic format on a local server, for students to have access to them as part of an educational course; or for internal training programs in the employer’s enterprise.

D. Copyright Notification

The Author/employer hereby agree that each single copy of the Materials (or any part of it), being distributed or placed by them in electronic or print format (as permitted in the present Agreement), shall contain reference to the copyright provided in the Journal and full reference to the Journal of the Publisher.

E.Author’s Guarantee

The Author (Co-authors) guarantees that the Materials are an original work, submitted only to IJER, and have not been published previously.

In case the Materials were written jointly with Co-authors, the Author guarantees that he has informed them of the terms of this Agreement and obtained their signatures or written permission to sign on their behalf.

The Author guarantees as well that:

The Materials do not contain libelous statements.

The Materials do not infringe on other persons’ rights (including without limitation copyrights, patent rights and the trademark right).

The Materials do not contain facts or instructions that can cause damage or injury to third parties and their publication does not cause the disclosure of any secret or confidential information.

F. Validity of the Agreement.

The present agreement comes into force on the occasion and on the date of pronouncement of the Journal’s Editorial Board of the decision to accept the Materials for publication, and is valid during the period stipulated in Paragraph A, Article 1. In case the Materials are not accepted for publication or the Author (Co-authors) recall the Materials before publication, the present Agreement expires automatically.

Authors

(Last Name, First Name, Official Position)

Correspondence Address      ___________________________________________________

Phone                                                      ____________________________

E-mail                                                       ____________________________

                                                                ____________________________                        _______________

                                                                                (Signature)                                                                              (Date)

ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLISHER

Graduate Faculty of Environment University of Tehran

No. 25, Ghods St, Enghelab Ave.,Tehran-Iran

P.O.BOX.14155-6135

Tel:  +98 21 61113188 Fax: +98 21 66407719

E-mail:ijer@ut.ac.ir

Web: http:// ijer.ut.ac.ir

 (Last Name, First Name, Official Position)

Accepted for publication

                                                                                                                                                (Signature)           

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