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Permission
Policy
We are delighted
to share our articles for classroom use. It is Sigma Xi's policy to
grant permission at no charge for the educational use of American
Scientist articles with the understanding that the students will be
charged only for the cost of reproduction.
Procedure
All permission requests should be submitted in writing to our office.
Our mailing address is: P. O. Box 13975, Research Triangle Park, NC
27709. The fax number is 919-547-5272. Our e-mail address is: lil@amsci.org
Response Time
You should expect our response to your request within 5 working days.
Permission is granted for one-term use. You will need to make your
request in writing each time you would like to reproduce an American
Scientist article.
Credit Line
The standard credit line accompanying the reproduction should include:
Reprinted by permission of American Scientist, magazine of Sigma Xi,
The Scientific Research Society.
Commercial
Use American Scientist charges a fee of $25 per text page for
the reproduction of material published after 1970. The fee for figures
is $25. Most of the graphs and charts are created in-house by our
staff artists. In each issue there is a credit box that gives the
name of the artist for each figure produced by our artists. Permission
can usually be given for use of these figures. Please submit your
request in writing--including the full citation and figure number
you wish to use, and the page number where it appeared in American
Scientist.
Photographs
The magazine usually has one-time rights to publish a photograph.
The copyright is held by another source. The copyright holder is identified
either in a credit line beside the photograph, or in the caption.
This is the source to contact if you wish to use a photograph.
Fax
Permission Request to Photocopy for Educational Use
Fax
Permission Request Form for Commercial Use
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