Advances in Nutrition Authors' Statement and Copyright Release Form

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1 Manuscript Title (Please Print) Official Author List: Please list all names in the order of authorship as listed on the manuscript title page (please print) Use additional pages if necessary Name and contact information of corresponding author (please print): Name: Address: Telephone: Required Signatures The author(s), in consideration of the acceptance of the above work for publication, do(es) hereby assign and transfer to the American Society for Nutrition (ASN) all of the rights, title, and interest in and to the copyright of the above titled work in its current form, including online supporting material (data supplements) submitted with the work, and in any form subsequently revised for publication and/or electronic dissemination, including translations to another language. This includes display of the accepted article and online supporting material in electronic form on the internet before and/or after print publication. For U.S. Government authors, the provision applies only to the extent that copyright is transferable. The undersigned hereby affirm: a. This manuscript represents original, unpublished material that is not under editorial consideration elsewhere, in whole or in part, other than in abstract form. Manuscripts with material included in a thesis or dissertation may also be submitted, provided that the university- or student-held copyright does not exclude this use. b. The article and this submission form identify all co-authors who have substantially contributed to the concept, data collection and analysis, or preparation of the manuscript and therefore who may have intellectual property claims to the content, and each author's contribution to this work has been identified in the Acknowledgments section of the article. c. Publication of the article will not violate the terms of any funding agreement, employment agreement, or other contractual arrangement, or the privacy rights of the authors. d. All authors have read and approved the manuscript as submitted and are prepared to take public responsibility for the work. e. All authors have read the ASN Conflict of Interest Guidelines ( The authors agree to disclose all financial or personal interests that may have a real or apparent effect on the outcome of the peer review process by reporting all sources of funding and potential conflicts of Page 1

2 interest in footnotes on the manuscript title page. If an author has no conflicts of interest, the footnote should list the author's name, followed by no conflicts of interest. f. The manuscript contains no material that would violate the copyright or any other right of any other person. The authors will obtain and include with the manuscript written permission from any respective copyright owners for the use of any textual, illustrative, or tabular materials that have been previously published or are otherwise copyrighted and owned by third parties. The copyrighted material is clearly identified and copyright ownership acknowledged within the text. g. The publication of this article does not require the permission of any other person. h. The undersigned attest that those individuals or institutions listed in the Acknowledgments or personal communications are aware that their names appear. i. If portions of this manuscript other than the abstract have been posted on the Internet, the following information has been provided on a separate page with this submission: date of posting and URL, data or portion of manuscript posted j. All authors understand and agree to abide by the Embargo Policy as listed below. k. All authors have the legal power to enter into this agreement and grant the rights set forth above (for U.S. Government authors, the provision applies only to the extent to which copyright is transferable). l. The facts, conclusions, and opinions stated in the article represent the author's research, conclusions, and opinions and are believed to be substantiated, accurate, valid, and reliable. m. This agreement contains the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the stated subject matter and can be modified only by a signed, written agreement. This agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland and the U.S. copyright laws. This agreement is binding upon the author's heirs and personal representatives. If any term of this agreement shall be found invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be enforced to the fullest extent that it is valid and enforceable under applicable law, and all other provisions of this agreement shall remain in full force and effect. ASN Embargo Policy a. Manuscripts published in Advances in Nutrition (AN) are embargoed until the article is published online either as in press (Articles in Press) or as a final version. For more information on when an article will appear online, please contact the ASN Publications Department at [email protected]. Embargoed information is not to be made public in any format including print, television, radio, or via internet, before the embargo date. b. Authors with papers in production may speak with the press about their work, provided reporters understand and agree to the ASN embargo policy. c. Authors should not participate in news conferences until the day of publication. d. Authors can present results reported in forthcoming AN papers to colleagues at professional meetings. We ask that authors not give copies of the paper, data, overheads, or slides to reporters. e. ASN reserves the right to halt the consideration or publication of a paper if the embargo is broken. Rights of Authors Effective upon acceptance for publication, ASN hereby licenses the following nonexclusive rights back to authors: a. Patent and trademark rights to any process or procedure described in the article b. The right to photocopy or make single electronic copies of the article for their own personal use, including for their own classroom use, or for the personal use of colleagues, provided the copies are not offered for sale and are not distributed in a systematic way outside of their employing institution (e.g. via an list or public file server). Posting of the article on a secure network (not accessible to the public) within the author's institution is permitted. c. The right, subsequent to publication, to use the article or any part thereof free of charge in a printed compilation of works of their own, such as collected writings, theses, or lecture notes; to reuse original figures and tables in future works; to present data from the article at a meeting or conference; to include the article in their thesis or dissertation. d. Authors may post a link on a personal website that directs readers to the article on Advances in Nutrition website ( full text of the final, published article cannot be posted on personal or institutional websites or repositories that are accessible to the public. Page 2

3 ASN Policy on Open Access Publications a. It is the responsibility of authors to inform ASN of any open access publication requirements of funding sources pertaining to manuscripts at the time of submission. b. As owner of the copyright to all manuscripts published in AN, ASN will deposit the final version of accepted manuscripts to PubMed Central (PMC) on behalf of authors and will allow free access to the final manuscript files via the PMC repository 12 months after publication. This fulfills NIH Public Access Policy requirements for peerreviewed journal manuscripts arising from NIH funds to be publicly accessible in the digital archive PMC no later than 12 months after publication. c. Authors with funding requirements that require immediate open access publication (e.g., Wellcome Trust) may pay a free access fee, and ASN will deposit manuscript files to the PMC repository and make the article freely accessible immediately via the PMC repository and via the journal website. The free access fee is $3000 per article the CC-BY free access fee is $5000. Either fee is charged in addition to other author charges. Authors should complete the Free Access Choice form upon submission or upon acceptance to provide billing information. d. Other authors wishing immediate open access publication may also select the free access publication option. Upon acceptance of an article, authors interested in the free access publication option will be instructed to download the Free Access Choice Form to provide article and billing information. ASN will make the article freely accessible immediately upon publication via the journal website. Page 3

4 This form must be signed by all authors. If the manuscript is a work made for hire (a work prepared by an employee of an organization acting within the scope of his or her employment), the form should be signed by an authorized representative of the employer as well as the author. It is acceptable to photocopy and sign separate copies of this form. As recommended by the Council of Science Editors, when a coauthor dies or is incapacitated during the writing, submission, or peer review process, coauthors should obtain disclosure and copyright documentation from a familial or legal proxy. As recommended in the Committee on Publication Ethics Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers, and supported by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, when ASN is made aware of cases of suspected research and publication misconduct, ASN holds the right to publish an Expression of Concern during an investigation, and, depending on the outcome of the investigation, to retract articles Page 4

5 Use this page for additional author signatures: As noted above, if the manuscript is a work made for hire (a work prepared by an employee of an organization acting within the scope of his or her employment), the form should be signed by an authorized representative of the employer as well as the author. It is acceptable to photocopy and sign separate copies of this form. As recommended by the Council of Science Editors, when a coauthor dies or is incapacitated during the writing, submission, or peer review process, coauthors should obtain disclosure and copyright documentation from a familial or legal proxy. As recommended in the Committee on Publication Ethics Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers, and supported by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, when ASN is made aware of cases of suspected research and publication misconduct, ASN holds the right to publish an Expression of Concern during an investigation, and, depending on the outcome of the investigation, to retract articles. Page 5