Types of Science Commons Addendum

A Science Commons copyright addendum is an author addendum that can be added to a publishing agreement that helps you keep certain rights to your work. These types of addenda are especially useful to students who want to publish part of the research from their thesis or dissertation. There are several types of addendums available. It depends on your specific situation which addendum will be most useful to you. Science Commons offers an addendum generator on their website to help you choose the right addendum for your situation. Input the manuscript title, journal, author information, publisher, and desired agreement. This will create an addendum that you can attach to your publications upon submission.

Science Commons/SPARC Addendum

This addendum is similar to the Attribution-Noncommercial CC BY-NC. People can reuse and repost your work as long as they cite you and it is for noncommercial purposes. You can also ask for immediate access to post the article online to a site that doesn’t charge for access, such as the UNTHSC repository. You can choose to delay access, which requires six months before the published version of the article can be made available to the public on an online site that doesn’t charge for access.

MIT Copyright Amendment

This amendment allows authors to continue using their publications in their academic work, deposit the work into an institutional repository, and deposit NIH-funded works to the PubCentral Database.