Copyright policies of science and engineering open access journals indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded or Scopus, published by Korean academic societies: a case study
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This article explores the challenges related to copyright policies in the context of science and engineering open access (OA) journals based in Korea. The English-language science and engineering OA journals published independently by Korean academic societies typically exhibit three common characteristics regarding their copyright and licensing policies. First, authors are generally required to transfer their copyrights. Second, the Creative Commons (CC) license terms are predominantly BY-NC (Attribution-NonCommercial), without providing authors the option to select alternative licensing terms. Third, the journals do not sufficiently protect the rights of the authors. From the analyses presented herein, it is evident that the current copyright and licensing policies of Korea’s English-language science and engineering OA journals lack a robust structure. These policies need to be revised to allow authors to retain copyright and require them to consent for the CC license terms it adopts, in order to align with the common practice among OA journals. Furthermore, to better protect authors’ rights, it would be beneficial to permit authors to choose the specific terms of the CC license for their articles.
本文探讨了韩国科学与工程开放存取(OA)期刊在版权政策方面面临的挑战。韩国学术团体独立出版的英文理工科开放获取期刊在版权和许可政策方面通常有三个共同特点。首先,一般要求作者转让版权。其次,知识共享(CC)许可条款主要是 BY-NC(署名-非商业性),不允许作者选择其他许可条款。第三,期刊没有充分保护作者的权利。从本文的分析可以看出,韩国英文理工科 OA 期刊目前的版权和许可政策缺乏健全的结构。这些政策需要修订,允许作者保留版权,并要求作者同意其采用的 CC 许可条款,以便与 OA 期刊的普遍做法保持一致。此外,为了更好地保护作者的权利,允许作者为其文章选择 CC 许可的具体条款也是有益的。