{"id":1228,"date":"2022-05-24T16:27:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T16:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/publications-preprod\/?page_id=1228"},"modified":"2026-09-22T19:18:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T19:18:52","slug":"previously-published-material","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/publications\/our-policies\/previously-published-material\/","title":{"rendered":"Permissions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Photographs and Illustrations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Images (e.g., photographs, icons, silhouettes, illustrative artwork) should not be included in your article if their licensing is more restrictive than the open-access licensing that is available for your article. (Note: Journal publication includes the option to change the license to open access after the initial publication is released.) We strongly discourage the use of such images in figures in the main article and in appendices beyond the data necessary to report your findings. If graphics beyond the data points are necessary, we suggest using only images created by authors of the paper, images fully in the public domain, or images created by an individual who has provided their permission for use in the paper and has affirmed their understanding that open access is a publication license option that may be applied to their material upon publication in this work. If using images, attribution and image source information should be provided in each figure caption. It is the author\u2019s responsibility to seek such permission and to follow any attribution requirements placed on the images from the source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Including Previously Published Material in a Submission<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ESA journals require that all submissions be original contributions, with full disclosure of any possible redundant publication accompanying the submission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reusing Published Items<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce any previously published or copyrighted material included in their submission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/pb-assets\/assets\/17520118\/Permissions_Guidelines-1506956437000.pdf\">https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/pb-assets\/assets\/17520118\/Permissions_Guidelines-1506956437000.pdf<\/a> for further guidance regarding permissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Constitutes \u201cPrior Publication\u201d?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under certain circumstances, use of the same data in two or more publications is appropriate and beneficial. This may be particularly true when new information allows reinterpretation of previously published data. In many cases, however, duplicate publication is wasteful of journal space and user resources. Although it is the Editors\u2019 responsibility to decide whether specific duplications are useful or wasteful, these decisions are generally based on information supplied by the authors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes it is difficult to assess whether a work has truly been published previously. If a previous work was published in a journal or book that is already available in libraries, or is available for libraries to purchase, we expect no more than one-third overlap between the previous publication and the new manuscript submission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reference should be made to any closely related previous publication(s), especially if a table or figure is reproduced. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce previously published material. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thesis or \u201cWorking Paper\u201d<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A posting of a manuscript or thesis on an author\u2019s personal or home institution\u2019s website or FTP site generally will not be considered previous publication. Similarly, posting of a \u201cworking paper\u201d in an institutional repository is allowed so long as at least one author is affiliated with that institution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Figures, Tables, and Text Excerpts<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authors must obtain permission to reuse any figure, table, or text excerpt of more than 250 words that has been previously published in another paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Previously Published Data<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If any data in a manuscript have been included in other published or unpublished manuscripts, the caption of each table or figure reporting such data must cite those manuscripts. Authors are also required to cite published data appropriately following the guidelines of the <a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/publications\/data-policy\/\">ESA Open Research policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Disclosure of Overlap<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the time of submission, authors must provide information describing the extent to which data, text, or figures in the manuscript have been used in other papers that are published, in press, submitted, or soon to be submitted elsewhere. Authors should provide this information in the \u201cDual Publication\u201d field of the ScholarOne online submission form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In cases of overlap with other publications or submissions, authors should include copies of said papers with the current submission and explain their inclusion and the overlap in the cover letter. These copies should be designated as an \u201cAdditional File NOT for Review and NOT for publication\u201d in the file list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photographs and Illustrations Images (e.g., photographs, icons, silhouettes, illustrative artwork) should not be included in your article if their licensing is more restrictive than the open-access licensing that is available for your article. (Note: Journal publication includes the option to change the license to open access after the initial publication is released.) 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