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Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews: Licence for Publication
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World Health Organization (WHO) work – Note to World Health Organization (WHO) staff members
A Cochrane Editorial prepared by a WHO staff member as part of the staff member's official duties belongs to WHO. For such cases, WHO has a standard agreement with John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. to vary certain provisions of this Form (including the grant of a non-exclusive licence). In such a case: (1) the paragraph 'Licence for Publication' will not apply but the staff member must still accept and submit this Agreement; and (2) the staff member should make arrangements for their Director to sign the official addendum to this Form (contact openaccess@who.int with any queries); and (3) the WHO staff member shall then forward such addendum to CochraneLFP@wiley.com to arrange for it to be countersigned and returned to the WHO staff member.
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Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) work – Note to Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) staff members
A Cochrane Editorial prepared by a PAHO staff member in the normal course of duty; or outside the normal course of duty but related to the work of PAHO belongs to PAHO. For such cases, PAHO has a standard agreement with John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. to vary certain provisions of this Form (including the grant of a non-exclusive licence). In such a case: (1) the paragraph 'Licence for Publication' will not apply but the staff member must still accept and submit the License for Publication form; and (2) the staff member should complete the PAHO addendum and contact the PAHO legal department (LEG@paho.org) to arrange for signature of the completed PAHO addendum by the PAHO Deputy Director; and (3) the PAHO staff member shall then forward such addendum to CochraneLFP@wiley.com to arrange for it to be countersigned by the Publisher and then returned to the PAHO staff member.
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US Government work – Note to US Government employees
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For NIH employees only, Wiley accepts the NIH Publishing Agreement and Manuscript Cover Sheet (“Cover Sheet”). If a Cochrane Editorial is accepted for publication, each NIH employee author should sign the Cover Sheet and upload it to ScholarOne. By uploading the Cover Sheet to ScholarOne, the NIH employee accepts those terms of the Licence for Publication that are not in conflict with the terms specified in the Cover Sheet. If you require assistance with this process, please contact the Cochrane Editorial Unit (ceu@cochraneand Methods Department (emd@cochrane.org).
The Cochrane Editorial will be identified as a US Government Work and will be in the public domain in the USA. In addition, the NIH employee has the right to deposit the Published Version to PubMed Central immediately upon publication.
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In relation to a Cochrane Editorial prepared by a government employee (other than a UK or US Government employee) the government employee should check the box where indicated “Other”, sign this Licence for Publication or, if the government employee is not permitted to sign this Licence for Publication for policy or legal reasons, he/she should send an appropriate licence agreement provided by his/her government department to the Cochrane Editorial Unit (ceu@cochraneand Methods Department (emd@cochrane.org).
US National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants – Note to NIH grantees
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