Download:Copyright Transfer Agreement

Copyright Transfer Agreement

Article Title

Article No.

Authors (in order)

All authors agree to publish the above-mentioned article in Electric Power Construction and confirm the following issues:

1. There is no plagiarism or misconduct in this article. For cited works, the sources of the achievements have been provided and the citations are marked in the article. The article has independent intellectual property rights, does not involve confidential breach, and does not impair national sovereignty and interests. The article content has not been published in any language domestically and internationally, and is not involved in multiple submissions.

2. This article was completed by all authors. Guest author, improper authorship or falsified description of author contribution are not involved. All authors have confirmed the authorship, affiliation (i.e. the main responsible person and affiliation) and author rank, and guarantee that there are no intellectual property disputes. Authors shall bear full responsibility for any consequences arising from improper authorship.

3. All authors agree to transfer the copyright of the submitted article to the Editorial Department of Electric Power Construction, and agree that the editorial department has right to use the copyright and publish the article for the first time. The specific rights include but are not limited to the right of reproduction, distribution, information network dissemination, and adaptation. Authors agree that the article can be posted, disseminated, and used in necessary forms on various media, platforms, and terminals for promotion and exchange. Authors trust that the journal will fully consider the author's interests.

4. The editorial department shall pay authors a one-off remuneration (including copyright transfer fees). The remuneration paid by the editorial department already includes all remuneration that should be obtained by authors for the copyright transfer mentioned in this agreement, and the editorial department will not pay additional remuneration to authors.

5. All authors agree that the article can be published online first on China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and the journal website of Electric Power Construction, before published in the print journal.

6. Authors agree to the open access policy of this journals. Re-users can reproduce and disseminate this article under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. Except for situations described in CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, authors can no longer use the rights that have been transferred. However, authors may cite or translate the content of the article in their subsequent works, or compile it in their non-journal collections.

7. After the article passes peer review and has been accepted, authors agree that the editorial department may make textual modifications and formatting adjustments to the article before publication, in premise that the basic viewpoints and scientific content of the article remain unchanged.

8. This agreement shall come into effect from the date of signature by all authors. After signing, authors shall upload a scanned copy of the original agreement to the submission system of this journal. The scanned copy of this agreement has the same legal effect as the original. If the submitted article is not accepted, this agreement will automatically become invalid.

Signature of all authors and official seal of the first author’s institute.

(Note: Please ensure the accuracy of information for all authors, institutes, article title, etc. If there are any changes in author rank or wording, the agreement must be signed another time.)