Rights & Permissions
Material published in Blood is covered by copyright. All rights reserved. No part of the publication may be reproduced (see exception below), stored in a retrieval system, translated, or transmitted in any form or by any means now or hereafter known, electronic or mechanical, without permission in writing from the publisher, The American Society of Hematology (ASH).
The copyright owner consents that copies of articles may be made for personal or internal use, or for the personal or internal use of specific clients, for those registered with the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. This consent is given on the condition that the copier pay the stated per-copy fees through the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., for copying beyond that permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the US Copyright Law (Fair Use). This consent does not extend to other kinds of copying, such as copying for general distribution, for advertising or for promotional purposes, for creating new collective works, or for resale. For those kinds of purposes, permission must be sought from the publisher using the following guidelines. If you have any questions regarding our rights and permissions policies, or if you have a special request not covered by these guidelines, please contact bloodpermissions{at}hematology.org.
Authors have permission to do the following after their article has been published in Blood, either in print or online as a First Edition Paper.
- Reprint the article in print collections of the author's own writing.
- Present the work orally in its entirety.
- Use the article in theses and/or dissertation.
- Reproduce the article for use in courses the author is teaching. If the author is employed by an academic institution, that institution may also reproduce the article for course teaching.
- Distribute photocopies of the article to colleagues, but only for noncommercial purposes.
- Reuse figures and tables created by the author in future works.
- Post a copy of the article on the author's personal website, departmental website, and/or the university intranet. A hyperlink to the article on the Blood website must be included.
The author must include the following citation when citing material that appeared in the print edition of Blood:
"This research was originally published in Blood. Author(s). Title. Blood. Year;Vol:pp-pp. © the American Society of Hematology."
Material from a First Edition Paper can only be reused if the article has not yet been published in its final form in the print version of Blood. When using material from a First Edition Paper, it should be cited as follows (shown here with sample date and DOI):
"This research was originally published in Blood Online. Author(s). Title. Blood. Prepublished June 15, 2002; DOI 10.1182/blood-2001-12-1234."
Authors reusing their own material in the above ways do not need to contact Blood for permission. For all other uses, the author must request permission from ASH by submitting a completed Permissions Request form.
Written permission to republish any parts of works owned by ASH must be obtained prior to usage. To do so, please submit a completed Permission Request form.
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ASH permits Blood articles to be translated into foreign languages, which can be reprinted for distribution. Please see our terms and conditions below.
- Nothing may be added to or deleted from the original text, figures, references or editorial notes.
- No product advertising or company logos will be permitted in foreign language reprints. No content that was not originally published as part of the article may be printed together with the article as one printed piece. A tracking number for inventory purposes may be printed on the back of the reprints, but nowhere else.
- If any attachments, such as product information, are to be distributed with the reprinted article, the following methods only may be used:
- Insert product information into reprint as a loose leaf
- Staple product information to reprint after the translated reprint has been bound
- ASH reserves the right to inspect the content and the packaging for the foreign language edition of the Blood article prior to distribution.
- The following disclaimer must be included on the back of all translated reprints. The disclaimer must appear in English, as well as in the language of the reprint.
“© American Society of Hematology. Reprinted with permission form the American Society of Hematology, which does not endorse any particular uses of this document. The American Society of Hematology is not responsible for the completeness or the accuracy of the translation. ”
For further information, or to request permission to translate an article, please contact bloodpermissions{at}hematology.org.
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Print or electronic copies of material from Blood Online, excluding First Edition Papers, may be provided to national or international regulatory authorities for the purposes of, or in anticipation of, regulatory approval or patent and/or trademark applications or other legal or regulatory purposes. Prior permission from ASH is not required for this use.
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ASH Annual Meeting abstracts follow a different set of Rights and Permission Guidelines. Please see the ASH Web site for details.
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All scientific manuscripts accepted for publication in Blood are prepublished as First Edition Papers on the Blood Web site. The embargo for the article lifts at this time, when the data first becomes publicly available. First Edition Papers have undergone full scientific review, but no editorial preparation.
Each First Edition Paper subsequently undergoes a standard production process, which includes copyediting, composition, and proofreading. The edited article is then published in its final form in the first available print and online issue of the journal.
If you would like to learn what the First Edition and/or final publication date is for a Blood article, contact Blood’s prepublications{at}hematology.org. If you have questions about the embargo policy, please contact Communications Coordinator lstark{at}hematology.org. Journalists who would like to request a copy of a Blood article, or who would like to be on ASH’s press release distribution list, should also contact lstark{at}hematology.org.
Press releases should properly state the name of the Society. An example of recommended text: “This research was published in Blood, the journal of the American Society of Hematology.”
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