Jack,

Thanks a lot for posting this UCLA policy.

This is indeed the job of Universities and shouldn't be the burden of individual researchers/authors. After all, NIH funds will flow through the University and it is the institution itself the first one that should be committed with complying with US laws once it receives federal funding.

By providing a consistent policy, Universities also protect young researchers, who are the less likely to be willing or able to negotiate a license agreement with a journal.

The inexplicable paradox to me, is that the editorial boards, and reviewers teams of many of these journals and conferences are formed by researchers who are themselves subject to the requirements of the NIH policies. However, few are the journals that have updated they license agreements in order to comply with the requirements.

To be specific:

* Will MICCAI 2008 change its license agreement ?
They should already be explaining
this to Springer...

* Will SPIE Medical Imaging 2009 update their
agreements ?

* Will IPMI ?

* About about CARS ?


As the submission deadlines for these conferences approach, we must ask this straight questions to editors and associate editors.


Regards,


Luis