Rights & Permissions

Clear rights guidance for responsible scholarly reuse.

Pantheon Academic supports open dissemination while protecting intellectual property, author rights, proper attribution, and permissions for reused scholarly material.

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Rights and permissions for scholarly publishing

Policy overview

Useful scholarship should be shareable, citable, and properly credited.

Rights and permissions policies help authors, readers, educators, and institutions understand how published material may be used, shared, adapted, and cited responsibly.

Author rights

Authors retain appropriate rights while granting publication permissions needed for distribution and discovery.

Responsible reuse

Teaching, citation, research, and non-commercial reuse should follow license terms and give proper attribution.

Permission clarity

When reuse is not clearly covered by a license or fair-use principle, permission should be requested first.

Copyright and licensing for academic publishing

Copyright & licensing

Authors publishing with Pantheon Academic retain copyright under recognized licensing frameworks that support broad dissemination and responsible reuse of scholarly work.

  • Published work should be cited clearly and accurately.

  • License terms should be followed when sharing or adapting material.

  • Authors should understand how their work can be used after publication.

Fair use & academic reuse

Academic reuse should be helpful, limited, and properly attributed.

Researchers, educators, and students may use limited excerpts for citation, teaching, review, or non-commercial scholarship when the use is appropriate and clearly credited.

  • Quote only the amount needed for the academic purpose.

  • Include complete citation and source information.

  • Request permission for substantial excerpts, republication, translation, or commercial use.

Fair use and academic reuse of published research

Key permissions & policies

Simple rules make reuse easier and safer.

These guidelines support open dissemination while helping authors and users avoid rights conflicts, unclear reuse, or missing permissions.

Authors retain rights under recognized licenses, allowing broad sharing with citation, attribution, and license compliance.

Requesting permission

For republication, translation, commercial use, or extensive reuse, contact the editorial office with full details of the requested use.

Third-party content

Authors must secure permission for third-party figures, images, tables, or text before publication unless reuse is clearly permitted.

Permission requests

Send enough detail so the request can be reviewed clearly.

If you need permission to reuse Pantheon Academic material, include the article or chapter details, the material you want to reuse, your planned use, distribution format, and whether the use is commercial or non-commercial.

  • Title, author, journal, year, DOI, or URL.

  • Specific figure, table, excerpt, or article section requested.

  • Where and how the material will appear.

Contact

Need to request permissions or clarify a policy?

Contact Pantheon Academic with the details of your reuse request and our team will guide you through the next step.

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