What rights do I retain as an author?

Yes, you have the right to make copies of the article for your own personal use. You also have the right to print and distribute copies (including via email) of the Contribution to research colleagues, for personal use by such colleagues.

You have the right to post the Contribution on a secure network (not accessible to the public) within your institution. You may post a summary only of your article on a public server.

If you wish to post a copy of the chapter as published on a public server you must request Elsevier's specific written permission to do so.

You may not use or post your article for commercial purposes or under policies or other mechanisms designed to aggregate and openly disseminate manuscripts or articles. This includes:

• The charging of fees for document delivery or access; the systematic distribution to others via email lists or list servers (to parties other than known colleagues), whether for a fee or for free.
• The posting of links to sponsored articles by commercial third parties including pharmaceutical companies.
• Institutional, funding body of government manuscript posting policies or mandates that aim to aggregate and openly distribute the accepted, peer reviewed manuscripts or published articles authored by its researchers or funded researchers.
• Subject repositories that aim to aggregate and openly distribute accepted peer reviewed manuscripts or published articles authored by researchers in specific subject areas.