Copyright

Many publishers support the right of authors to make their own work available (self-archive) in open access repositories.

If you are unsure whether it will be possible to self-archive your research paper:

Check the copyright agreement you signed when you published your paper.

If you do not have a copy of the agreement or if the agreement does not address the question of self-archiving, you can check the RoMEO database. This summarises the policies on self-archiving of many journal publishers.

The publisher's own website may give information on self-archiving permissions for authors.

If you need further assistance, please contact the system administrator orca@cardiff.ac.uk who if necessar y will contact the publisher on your behalf.

Further copyright information is available from http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/insrv/copyright/index.html