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Updated April 2024

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JNeurosci Guidelines for Institutional Access

The following guidelines supply Institutional Subscribers with a set of straightforward, fair rules outlining the rights and limitations for Internet access of online versions of The Journal of Neuroscience (“JNeurosci”) by Authorized Users. These guidelines replace any prior statement between the Society for Neuroscience (“Publisher”) and the Institutional Subscriber regarding user access to Journals.

Access to JNeurosci is granted for all Authorized Users on the following conditions:

  • Acceptance by the Publisher of the institutional subscriber’s completed order
  • Receipt of the required subscription fee

“Authorized Users” are authorized, affiliated current full and part time students, employees (including faculty, staff, affiliated researchers and independent contractors), other individuals who have permission to use the public computers on the subscribing institution’s geographically constrained site. A “site” is an organizational unit, and may be academic or nonacademic. For organizations located in more than one city, each city office is considered a different site. For organizations with multiple campuses or offices within the same city, each campus or office is considered a separate site.

Upon receipt of the correct payment for subscription, the Institutional Subscriber and the Publisher agree to adhere to the following guidelines:

1. The Institutional Subscriber will assume responsibility for all authentication and verification processes to ensure that only Authorized Users have access to JNeurosci.

2. The Publisher maintains JNeurosci as a service to its members and the scientific/technical/medical community. The Publisher holds the copyright for JNeurosci as a compilation. Individual article copyright status varies and is noted in the footnotes.

3. All use of JNeurosci’s content is subject to pertinent Copyright law and reproduction of JNeurosci content is allowed only as follows:

a. Downloading: Downloading, printing, or saving of content for personal, non-commercial use is permitted. Systematic downloading is prohibited.

b. Commercial Redistribution: No commercial use (e.g. downloading, posting a file, or printing to resell or distribute) of any articles is permitted without prior, express written consent of the Publisher.

c. Interlibrary Loan: Because of the easily reproducible nature of electronic publications, Interlibrary Loan or articles or components in any electronic or digital form is expressly prohibited. The Institutional Subscriber may print out articles for Inter Library Loan under CONTU (National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyright Works) guidelines, provided the printing is done locally and at the Institutional Subscriber’s expense, and that only a limited number of copies of such articles will be made and distributed in this way. [http://digital-law-online.info/CONTU/contu24.html#sec7]

d. Braille Transcriptions: The Institutional Subscriber may transcribe any portion of JNeurosci into Braille script or enlarged type for Authorized Users who are visually impaired.

4. Institutional Subscriber agrees to the following terms:

a. The Institutional Subscriber is responsible for creating and maintaining practical security measures, and posting policies consistent with the rights and restrictions described in these guidelines to ensure that only Authorized Users can access JNeurosci. The Institutional Subscriber is prohibited from making agreements for access to JNeurosci with individuals, organizations, vendors, affiliates, or partners, which are not parts of the same institution purchasing this subscription. The Institutional Subscriber affirms that all IP addresses in the range listed for authorization are specifically controlled by the institution for workstations under its administrative control and for the use of individuals who meet the Authorized User definition above. The Institutional Subscriber is responsible for maintaining the list of IP addresses of all Authorized Users.

b. If the Institutional Subscriber becomes aware of unauthorized access to JNeurosci, it will notify Publisher immediately and cooperate in locating and attempting to stop the specific individuals who are abusing the service. If the specific abuser(s) cannot be identified or stopped, the Publisher has the right to withhold, suspend, or terminate access to all or any portion of JNeurosci’s web site, without liability.

c. The Institutional Subscriber agrees not to remove, cover, overlay, obscure, block, or change any copyright notices, legends, or terms of use which the Publisher may post on the site in order to inform users about system features, terms of use, or copyright notices.

5. SUBSCRIPTION ACCESS: The Publisher provides JNeurosci access only for the term of this subscription; and does not undertake to ensure future access to the online archives once the subscription term has expired. The Publisher intends to retain full-text versions of all articles for all past issues posted online and to continue to make this database available to all currently active subscribers. However, because the Publisher cannot be certain of future technology, storage, or maintenance costs, this access cannot be guaranteed. The Publisher reserves the right to remove all or portions of the archive of past issues. Only current subscribers may access materials under access control.

6. TECHNICAL ACCESS: The Publisher intends for the site to be available 24-hours per day, 7 days per week. However, the Publisher WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OR REFUNDS SHOULD THE SITE BECOME UNAVAILABLE TEMPORARILY OR ACCESS TO THE SITE BECOMES SLOW OR INCOMPLETE due to system back-up procedures, internet traffic volume, upgrades, overload of requests to the servers, general network failures or delays, or any other cause which may from time to time make the site inaccessible for the library’s users.

7. WARRANTY: While the Publisher seeks to ensure the accuracy of content posted online, the Publisher DOES NOT WARRANT OR GUARANTEE ITS ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO CASE SHALL THE PUBLISHER BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONTENT OR ACCESSIBILITY PROBLEMS WITH THE SITE FOR ANY AMOUNT EXCEEDING THE SUBSCRIPTION FEES PAID FOR THE JOURNAL DURING THE 12-MONTH PERIOD PRECEDING ANY CLAIM OR NOTICE OF DAMAGES.

Proprietary Rights Notice for Neuroscience Online

Copyright © 2024, JNeurosci, Society for Neuroscience.

  1. Any copies of this Journal, in whole or in part, must include the copyright notice.

  2. Any use of this Journal in whole or in part should include customary bibliographic citation, including author attribution, date, article title, Neuroscience Online, and the URL https://www.jneurosci.org/

  3. For permissions to copy beyond that permitted by Section 107 or 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and for reprints, contact the Copyright Clearance Center. The fee code for users of the Transactional Reporting Service appears at the end of each full text article.

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