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Last updated on January 06, 2025Responsible sharing means knowing what you may share and where, which is not the same for every publication. If you are in doubt about what content from ScienceDirect you can share or host, refer to our Copyright, Journal Article sharing, and Hosting Articles policies.
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Follow these steps to obtain permission for sharing:
- Go to the specific chapter or article
- Select 'Get rights and content' below the book/journal details to open the Copyright Clearance Center/RightsLink page for this specific article or chapter.
- Please note: This link will appear only on content pages for which Elsevier holds or manages the copyright.
- Follow the steps on the Copyright Clearance Center request form.
You may share a DOI link with anyone, on any platform and via any communication channel.
- Copy the DOI of the document you want to share. For example, doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.03.031.
- The correct format for citing or creating a link to a document using its DOI is as follows: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2011.03.031
Sharing a full-text publication (e.g., posting a PDF) is not as simple as sharing a DOI link, but can be done by following some additional rules:
You can share according to the end user license:
- CC BY licensed articles may be shared with anyone, on any platform or channel and for any purpose.
- CC BY-NC and CC BY-NC-ND licensed articles may be shared on non-commercial platforms only.
Note: You can find details about OA licenses and what they mean for end users on the Elsevier's open access licenses page.
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If you are affiliated with an academic or government institution that subscribes to ScienceDirect:
You are what is known as a subscribed user. You may share the publications you access via ScienceDirect privately, such as with individuals via email for their scholarly or research use. You may use such publications for your classroom teaching and internal trainings at your institution (e.g., use in course packs and courseware programs), and include them for grant funding or patent application purposes. You may also share such publications (but not book chapters) in private workgroups on partner sites.
If you are affiliated with a corporate organization that subscribes to ScienceDirect:
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- You may only share the publications you access via ScienceDirect privately if your organization purchased a reuse package.
- You may use such publications for regulatory approval, trademarks or patents if this is stipulated in the reuse package.
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Note: If you are not familiar with the term Open Archive, please refer to the explanation on Elsevier.com.
Authors who publish in Elsevier journals can share their research in several ways.
Please refer to our Sharing and promoting your articlepage on Elsevier.com as well as our Copyright policy for more details.
The export feature on ScienceDirect facilitates responsible sharing. However, users should note the following:
- If sharing the publication citation details only, there are no rules to follow. It is just like sharing a DOI link.
- When sharing the full text via the "Save to Mendeley" or "Save to RefWorks" feature, please observe the Sharing the full text (e.g., posting a PDF) guidelines above.
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