Help: frequently asked questions for readers and authors

For Readers

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(N.B. Authors seeking to reproduce their own work should read our Author copyright information page to see the conditions set out for them. PhD students requesting permission to reproduce their own work in their thesis should contact support@inderscience.com).

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For print subscriptions, please contact subs@inderscience.com.

Please contact subs@inderscience.com.

Please contact subs@inderscience.com.

Returns are accepted at Inderscience Publishers' discretion, but will usually be accepted if a journal is damaged or incorrectly supplied.

Damaged journals

If a journal is found to be damaged, Inderscience will either replace the journal or give you a full refund (including postage costs). Please state which option you'd prefer. If you require a replacement, Inderscience will wait to receive the damaged copy from you before dispatching a new one.

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Incorrectly supplied journals

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  • Please allow 14 days (in addition to the delivery time) for the return to be processed.

The journal should be returned to us by the most economical method, with its original packaging, to:

Brookland Mailing Services Limited
Unit B Petherbridge Way
Off Muller Road
Horfield
Bristol BS7 9NZ
UK
Tel: +44(0)117 3013900
Fax: +44(0)117 3013901
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Yes. We will provide continuing access to material published within your subscription period, as per Section 11 in our Standard Terms and Conditions.

For Authors

There are no fees for publishing with Inderscience unless you require your article to be Gold Open Access, or you are publishing in our Open Access-only journals, such as the International Journal of Advanced Intelligence Paradigms. OA articles accepted for publication are available online and freely accessible to all without any restriction except use for commercial purposes; a fee must be paid by the author(s) for an article to be made OA. OA papers may be published according to the Inderscience Open Access option.

Articles marked Free full-text access are available to read on Open Access, free of charge.

We encourage you to first read through our Author Guidelines. Additionally, when submitting online, please ensure you have read the submission instructions available on each of the pages of the five submission steps, and have consulted the help pages available from all our submissions pages. You can contact support@inderscience.com if you need still help or advice on the system and how it works.

At any time you may contact support@inderscience.com for general enquiries.

Copyright for articles published in these journals is vested in Inderscience Publishers, to ensure both the widest dissemination and protection of material published in Inderscience's journals. Authors are asked to assign worldwide copyright in both print and other media for their articles, including abstracts, to Inderscience. This enables us to ensure copyright protection against infringement, and to disseminate your article and our journals as widely as possible.

 

As the author, you have the right to use the article within your research collaboration groups for the purposes of your teaching and research activities only. There is no need to ask for Inderscience's permission; the only condition is that acknowledgement is given to the journal in which it is published as the original source of publication.

Please note that:

  • You continue to enjoy patent and trademark rights to any process described in your article; these are unaffected by the transfer of copyright to Inderscience.
  • If the article has been researched and written by you as part of your employment - i.e. as a "work for hire" - your employer may use all or part of the information in the article for intra-company use.
  • You may, of course, present the paper at a seminar or conference and hand copies of the paper to delegates.
  • Uses that you require other than those specified here and via the page link below should be authorised by Inderscience.

Click here for full details of copyright, author rights, responsibilities and entitlements.

Author Copyright Agreement Forms should only be completed, signed and provided once your paper has been accepted. You can download and print the agreement from our Author Copyright page, which also includes details of how to complete and submit your agreement.

Yes, we offer a submissions checklist which highlights for you the main requirements you are expected to meet.