Publisher copyright policies & self-archiving

Update publisher copyright policies & self-archiving details

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	Current Details	Update
Publisher name:	American Society for Microbiology
Publisher home URL:	http://www.asm.org/
Pre-print status:	author cannot archive pre-print (ie pre-refereeing)
Pre-print restrictions:	(no restrictions)
Post-print status:	author can archive post-print (ie final draft post-refereeing)
Post-print restrictions:	(no restrictions)
Conditions:	Cannot archive before publication Author's version On personal or university-hosted websites only If funding agency rules apply, can be posted on relevant third party, institutional or subject-based website Recommended that articles submitted to PubMed or similar public access site are made available 6 months after publication mBio articles are Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Licensed
Copyright:	copyright conditions when governed by funding agency requirements Instructions for Authors
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Notes

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Restrictions include embargoes that prevent an author archiving an eprint now

separate different Restrictions with semicolons eg First restriction; Second restriction details

Conditions include acknowledging copyright or linking to publishers' sites and do not prevent an author archiving an eprint now
- separate different Conditions with semicolons eg First condition; Second conditions details
The ROMEO colour is calculated based on the pre-print/post-print status and any restrictions

Notes on conditions & restrictions

Separate different conditions/restrictions with semi-colons. These are converted to bulleted lists when displayed.
Some standard phrases (for you to cut'n'paste) are included below:

On a public eprint server
On a non-profit server
On author's or employer's web site only
On author or institutional server only
On author's personal web site
Publisher copyright and source must be acknowledged
Published source must be acknowledged
Must link to publisher version
Publisher's version/PDF cannot be used
Publisher's version/PDF may be used