JOINPermissions Guidelines
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In order to participate and become a signatory to the Guidelines, the publisher must be a member of STM. Please visit the Members section for information on how to join the Association.
If you are interested in participating in the permissions guidelines, you will need to contact info@stm-assoc.org to request an additional form for completion. Please note that participation of the guidelines is based on a principle of reciprocity and you must be a publisher of primary research. Members are also encouraged to familiarise themselves with the guidelines prior to application. All signatories are encouraged to participate in the quarterly STM Permissions guidelines roundtable.
Authors and researchers wishing to obtain permissions are referred to their respective publishers.
To help understand the Permission Guidelines process, you’re welcome to explore this overview:
Signatories to STM Permissions Guidelines as of 11 April 2025
| Name of Publisher – STM Member | Notification not required (“automatic” process) | Notification required | Permissions contact (or general web site)/ Other comments for specific journals or other concerns |
| AIP Publishing | √ | https://publishing.aip.org/resources/researchers/rights-and-permissions/permissions/ | |
| American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) | √ | All requests should be logged at the following site: https://www.aacn.org/education/publications/permissions-request
For help, please e-mail: permissions@aacn.org Please note that the Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool (CPOT) by Gelinas et al, published in 2006 in the American Journal of Critical Care (volume 15, issue 4, pp 420-427), is excluded from the Guidelines. For assistance and pricing to reuse the CPOT, please e-mail permissions@aacn.org |
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| American Chemical Society | √ | http://pubs.acs.org/copyright/index.html | |
| American Mathematical Society | √ | All requests should be cleared via Copyright Clearance Center or sent by e-mail to reprint-permission@ams.org. Material published in Notices of the AMS is excluded from the Guidelines.
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| American Physical Society | √ | http://librarians.aps.org/permissionscopy.html | |
| American Psychological Association (APA) | √ | With the exception of the following:”APA does not grant permission for use of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association and derivative products, the APA Dictionary of Psychology and derivative products, and publications from Magination Press. Permission is required to use measures, scales, tests, or instruments in part or in their entirety” www.apa.org/about/contact/copyright/index.aspx | |
| American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) | √ | All requests should be sent by e-mail to: ramk@nutritioncare.org | |
| American Society of Civil Engineers | √ | E-mail: permissions@asce.org
http://ascelibrary.org/page/rightsrequests |
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| American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) | √ | All requests should be sent by e-mail to: permissions@asme.org | |
| Apple Academic Press | √ | All requests for Apple Academic Press titles are to be submitted via Taylor & Francis (Books) according to the instructions outlined at https://www.routledge.com/contacts/rights-and-permissions/permissions | |
| Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) | √
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All requests should be cleared via the Copyright Clearance Center. Questions can be sent to: permissions@hq.acm.org | |
| Begell House | √ | All requests should be cleared via RightsLink or sent by email to permissions@begellhouse.com | |
| Beilstein-Institut | √ | https://www.beilstein-institut.de/en/journals/
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| BioExcel Publishing | √ | All requests should be sent by e-mail to: david.hughes@bioexcelpublishing.com | |
| Bioscientifica | √ | https//www.bioscientifica.com/publishing/ | |
| BMJ | √ | All requests should be cleared via RightsLink.
Please note that infographics from The BMJ are excluded from the Guidelines. BMJ’s participation in the Guidelines applies to signatories when reusing content in journal articles only. Signatories reusing BMJ content in books and other products will be charged a permission fee. BMJ will pay permission fees for the reuse of any signatories book content in our products. Our RightsLink implementation reflects this change. Please email any queries to bmj.permissions@bmj.com http://company.bmj.com/rightsandlicensing
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| British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA) | √ | All requests should be sent by e-mail to: publications@bsava.com | |
| Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited | √ | All requests should be sent by e-mail to: rob.burleigh@bdspublishing.com | |
| CABI | √ | Permission should be cleared in the first instance through PLSclear at https://plsclear.com.
Any queries should be directed to permissions@cabi.org |
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| Cambridge University Press | √ | http://www.cambridge.org/about-us/rights-permissions/permissions/permissions-requests/ | |
| Canadian Science Publishing | √ | All requests should be sent by email to: alyssa.smeltzer@cdnsciencepub.com
Books are excluded and have a separate process for content re-use: https://cdnsciencepub.com/about/policies/permissions-for-reuse |
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| ChemTec Publishing | √ | http://www.chemtec.org/ | |
| CSIRO Publishing | √ | www.publish.csiro.au/nid/50/aid/283.htm | |
| De Gruyter Brill | √ | All requests are handled via CCC Marketplace. Content published by imprints Brill and Birkhäuser is excluded from the STM Permission Guidelines.
In case of questions, please email: rights@degruyter.com |
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| Deutscher Ärzte-Verlag GmbH | √ | www.aerzteverlag.de | |
| EB Medicine | √ | All requests should be sent by email to: permissions@ebmedicine.net www.EBmedicine.net | |
| EDP Sciences | √ | Please submit using: https://www.edpsciences.org/en/contact-us/contact-form | |
| Elsevier | √ | For anatomical charts (especially “Netter” charts), Elsevier will continue to request express permission requests. http://www.elsevier.com/permissions | |
| Emerald Group Publishing Ltd | √ | All requests should be cleared via the Copyright Clearance Center. Further queries can be sent by email to: contracts@emerald.com
https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/services/permissions-rights-licensing/permissions https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/publish-with-us/author-policies/publishing-permissions |
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| Endocrine Society | √ | For journals:
www.oxfordjournals.org/access_purchase/rights_permissions.html For books and all other content please email awrighton@endocrine.org
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| European Respiratory Society | √ | All requests should be sent by email to: permissions@ersnet.org | |
| Geological Society of London | √ | https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/publications | |
| Hapres | √ | http://www.hapres.com/ | |
| Henry Stewart Talks | √ | All requests should be sent by email to: permissions@hstalks.com | |
| Hogrefe Verlag GmbH & Co. KG | √ | http://www.hogrefe.de | |
| Igaku-Shoin Ltd (including MEDSi) | √ | http://www.igaku-shoin.co.jp/top.do | |
| IOP Publishing and its subsidiaries | √ | All requests should be sent by email to: permissions@ioppublishing.org | |
| Ishiyaku Publishers, Inc. | √ | All requests should be sent by email to: copyright@ishiyaku.co.jp | |
| IWA Publishing | √ | All requests should be sent by email to: publications@iwap.co.uk http://www.iwapublishing.com | |
| Jenny Stanford Publishing Pte. Ltd | √ | All requests should be sent by email to: editorial@jennystanford.com | |
| John Benjamins Publishing Company | √ | https://benjamins.com/rights | |
| John Wiley & Sons Inc. and its subsidiaries, including John Wiley & Sons Ltd | √ | Please note certain Wiley Publications are excluded from the Guidelines including:
Branded content such as the For Dummies series, use of measures, scales, tests or instruments; architectural graphic standards; all Tortora anatomical charts and surgical diagrams. All titles by Strahler, Voet, Van Cleave, Noam (including Executive Editor Notes) DeBlij: Human Geography and articles from Leader to Leader. All requests should be cleared via RightsLink or sent by email to permissions@wiley.com http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-403426.html
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| Johnson Matthey Technology Review | √ | www.technology.matthey.com | |
| JOSPT | √ | E-mail: permissions@jospt.org Web: www.jospt.org | |
| Karger Publishers | √ | All requests should be sent by email to: permission@karger.com | |
| Materials Research Forum LLC | √ | http://www.mrforum.com | |
| McGraw-Hill Professional | √ | Please note that McGraw-Hill Higher Education content (MHHE), School Education Group content (SEG) and CTB Testing content are excluded from the Guidelines.
All requests for McGraw-Hill Professional content should be sent by email to: mhe-permissions@mheducation.com |
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| MDPI AG | √ | http://www.mdpi.com | |
| Medical Sciences International Ltd (MEDSi) – part of Igaku-Shoin Ltd | √ | All requests should be sent by e-mail to: foreignrights@medsi.co.jp | |
| Nankodo Co., Ltd | √ | copyright@nankodo.co.jpwww.nankodo.co.jp | |
| OAE Publishing Inc. | √ | www.oaepublish.com | |
| Open Exploration Publishing | √ | https://www.explorationpub.com/ | |
| Optica Publishing Group | √ | All requests should be sent by email to: copyright@optica.org.
https://opg.optica.org/content/author/portal/item/review-copyright-permissions/#posting |
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| Oxford University Press | √ | For books:
For journals: www.oxfordjournals.org/access_purchase/rights_permissions.html |
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| Pharmaceutical Press | √ | www.pharmpress.com | |
| Portland Press | √ | Portland Press’ participation in the STM permission guidelines applies to signatories when reusing content in journal articles only.
Signatories reusing Portland Press content in books and other products should request and clear permissions via Copyright Clearance Center. If you are unclear on how to proceed please contact production@portlandpress.com. |
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| Royal Society of Chemistry | √ | http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/copyright/permission-requests.asp
All requests should be sent by e-mail to: contracts-copyright@rsc.org |
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| SAE International | √ | Process requests via Copyright Clearance Center. Questions can be sent to copyright@sae.org.
Guidelines apply to books, technical papers, scholarly journal articles and EDGE Research Reports. All standards documents are excluded. |
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| SAGE Publications | √ | Articles from the following publications are excluded in the Guidelines: – Context – Diogene – Index on Censorship – Race and Class – Society and Mental HealthImprints included: Corwin Cambridge Business Publishers Hubro Education AS IOS Press Mary Ann Liebert, Inc Sage Sage Publications Ltd Sage Publications Inc Sage Publications (India) Pvt Ltd Wichtig international More details can be found on the SAGE website: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/rights-and-permissions |
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| Scion Publishing | √ | All requests should be sent by email to:info@scionpublishing.com | |
| Seismological Society of America | √ | https://www.seismosoc.org/ | |
| Sinauer Associates, Inc. | √ | permissions@sinauer.com | |
| SLACK Incorporated | √ | All requests should be sent by e-mail to: publishingpermissions@wyanokegroup.com | |
| Springer Publishing Company | √ | http://www.springerpub.com/pages/Permissions-Request. Any queries should be sent by e-mail to: sales@springerpub.com | |
| Springer Nature | √ | Please note that Scientific American is excluded from the Guidelines.
https://www.springernature.com/gp/partners/rights-permissions-third-party-distribution https://www.nature.com/nature-portfolio/reprints-and-permissions/permissions-requests https://www.springernature.com/gp/macmillaneducation/work-with-us/rights-permissions |
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| Taylor & Francis (Books) | √ | Only the following Taylor & Francis book imprints and subject areas participate in the STM Permissions Guidelines: CRC Press, Psychology Press, Routledge Behavioural Sciences, Routledge Built Environment, Routledge Engineering and Apple Academic Press titles. For a full breakdown of the participating subject areas please click here). Details on how to secure permission are available at: https://www.routledge.com/contacts/rights-and-permissions/permissions
Additionally, the following three books acquired from Slack Incorporated in 2024 are specifically excluded from the Guidelines. Please contact bookpermissions@tandf.co.uk with your request. – Phacodynamics: Mastering the Tools and Techniques of Phacoemulsification Surgery, 4th Ed (Seibel, 2004) – Gait Analysis: Normal and Pathological Function, 2nd Ed (Perry and Burnfield, 2010) – Physical Therapy for Children with Cerebral Palsy: An Evidence-Based Approach (Rahlin, 2016) |
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| Taylor & Francis (Journals) | √ | For journals all requests should be sent by e-mail to: JournalPermissions@tandf.co.uk
Author Services | How to publish a journal article – step by step guides (taylorandfrancis.com) Includes: Dove Press, F1000 Research, Expert Review, Expert Opinion, Expert Medicine and PeerJ |
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All requests should be sent by email to: office@techscience.com | |
| The Institution of Engineering and Technology (The IET) | √ | Applies only to Academic Publishing. Practitioner Publishing (including Tech Regs and IET Standards publications) require direct permission requests to The IET. | |
| Thieme Publishing Group- Thieme Medical Publishers Inc. (NY)- MVS Medizin Verlage Stuttgart Gmbh Co. KG- Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Private Ltd (Delhi)
– Georg Thieme Verlag KG (Stuttgart) |
√ | Permission contact is required by writing to: permissions@thieme.de. Important note: Thieme has removed numerous illustrations from the STM permissions agreement. These include, but are not limited to, all anatomical illustrations. For a complete list of titles whose contents are excluded from the STM agreement, please see: | |
| Tsinghua University Press | √ | All requests should be sent by e-mail to: jpz-permissions@tup.tsinghua.edu.cn | |
| Wolters Kluwer Health – Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | √ | Excludes Medknow Publications
Books: https://shop.lww.com/ Journals: https://lww.com/pages/journals.aspx |
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| World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd | √ | All requests should be sent by e-mail to: rights@wspc.com | |
| W. W. Norton & Company | √ | Please submit using the online request form |
Note many of the member-publishers are routing permissions including STM Permissions Guidelines permissions through the CCC’s Rightslink point-of-content licensing solution. To contact CCC about getting permissions via the STM Guidelines please contact info@copyright.com.