I find the requirement to submit copyright form at submission stage unnecessary. Most of the Indian journals (some international too) ask for it as part of paper submission criteria. You have to print, sign and scan, only to find the manuscript rejected in screening stage. If a paper is accepted, the authors will anyway sign it in order to be published. I suggest publishers to lift this criteria, to make the submission process user-friendly and eco-friendly (paper-less).
Hi Seema Patel, I agree with you about this. I also think it is better to submit the copyright of a paper after being accepted, and many publishers, such as IEEE and JSME, request to submit the copyright after a paper is accepted.
Best regards,
Pham
I have never seen this requirement before, maybe it is related to the laws in India? While in the US it is possible to give away your rights with a mouse click, this is probably not possible in other parts of the world.
Did you try to contact the journal editors about the requirement? If their reasons for this process are not convincing you should choose other journals (and let the editors know that this poses a problem to you and you will not consider the journal again).
Yeah...mostly Indian..
When I had to go twice the same day for 2 different journals, I thought its high time, it should be brought to notice....Springer publishers..
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