Abstract:

[Purposes] To analyze the copyright agreement of Shanghai biomedical OA journals and the issues related to copyright in the OA publishing process, and to figure out specific solutions, therefore to provide reference for the development of comprehensive copyright agreements and for adopting appropriate OA statements to OA journals in China. [Methods] This study retrieved and analyzed the member journals of the Committee of Biomedical Periodicals, Shanghai Society for Scientific and Technical Periodicals are the research objects. Based on the OA model of the journals, the copyright agreement and OA statement content of the OA journals are analyzed. The copyright agreement includes the name of the copyright agreement, the signing part of the agreement, the specific content of the copyright involved in the agreement, breach of contract liability and dispute resolution methods, digital publishing and database index-related information network dissemination rights, OA statements and creative commons (CC) license of the journal, and other specific details. [Findings] Among biomedical journals in Shanghai, bronze OA journals have the highest proportion (33.90%, 3837/112), but lack OA statements and CC agreements. In the copyright transfer contracts or OA statements of other types of OA journals, there are unclear copyright content, incorrect naming of rights, lack of provisions on information network dissemination rights, lack of breach of contract liability and dispute resolution methods, and copyright transfer agreements with only the author’s unilateral signature. In addition, the contradiction between the copyright agreement and the CC license mainly lies in the copyright of derivative works. The copyright agreement needs to be standardized. [Conclusions] OA journals should strengthen the management of the content of copyright agreement, improve copyright agreements and OA statements, and thus protect the interests of the publisher, the authors and the readers.

Key words: Copyright, Open access statement, CC license, Biomedical journals, Bronze OA, Hybrid publishing

摘要：

【目的】分析上海市生物医学OA期刊著作权协议及OA出版过程中有关著作权方面存在的问题,并给出具体的解决对策,为我国OA期刊制定完善的著作权协议及采取恰当的OA声明提供参考。【方法】以上海市科技期刊学会生物医学期刊专业委员会的成员期刊为研究对象,根据期刊的OA模式,对其著作权协议、OA声明的内容进行分析。具体包括著作权协议的名称、协议签署主体、协议中涉及的著作权的具体内容、违约责任及争议解决的方法、涉及信息网络传播权的数字出版及数据库收录、期刊的CC协议等。【结果】上海市生物医学期刊中,青铜OA期刊占比最高(33.0%,37/112)。其他类型OA期刊的著作权转让或许可协议中,存在约定的著作权内容不清晰、权利命名错误、缺乏信息网络传播权的约定、缺少违约责任及争议解决的办法、著作权转让协议仅有作者单方面署名等问题。此外,著作权协议与CC协议之间的矛盾主要体现在演绎作品著作权方面。著作权协议有待规范化处理。【结论】OA期刊应加强对著作权协议内容的管理,完善著作权协议及OA声明,进而保护各方利益。

关键词: 著作权, 开放获取声明, CC协议, 生物医学期刊, 青铜OA, 混合出版