Author Rights
Elsevier supports the need for authors to share, disseminate and maximize the impact of their research. We take our responsibility as stewards of the online record seriously, and work to ensure our policies and procedures help to protect the integrity of scholarly works.
Author's rights to reuse and post their own articles published by Elsevier are defined by Elsevier's copyright policy. For our proprietary titles, the type of copyright agreement used depends on the author's choice of publication:
For subscription articles: These rights are determined by a copyright transfer, where authors retain scholarly rights to post and use their articles.
For open access articles: These rights are determined by an exclusive license agreement, which applies to all our open access content.
In both cases, the fundamental rights needed to publish and distribute an article remain the same and Elsevier authors will be able to use their articles for a wide range of scholarly purposes.
Details on how authors can reuse and post their own articles are provided below.
Help and support
For reuse and posting not detailed below, please see our posting policy, or for authors who would like to:
Include material from other sources in your work being published by Elsevier, please visit: Permission seeking guidelines for Elsevier authors.
Obtain permission to re-use material from Elsevier books, journals, databases, or other products, please visit: Obtaining permission to reuse Elsevier material
Or if you are an Elsevier author and are contacted by a requestor who wishes to re-use all or part of your article or chapter, please also refer them to our Obtaining Permission to Re-Use Elsevier Material page.
See our FAQ on posting and copyright queries.
Contact us directly, please email our Permissions Help Desk.