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Publication of manuscripts and registration of images or specimens will require you to fill out, sign and return any number of legal forms to complete the process. Most of these deal with copyright issues to protect the AAPS, the JPS or the submitter from any harm. The following checklist will help you with your submission process. Click on the name of the blue colored form name (PDF file) below to download the form. All forms should be photo-copied for your personal records and the original mailed to the chairman of the JPC at:
Journal of Paleontological Sciences
2519 5th Ave.
Belle Fourche, SD 57717
I. PHOTOGRAPHS AND IMAGES:
1. Data and images entered in online registration page
2. "Permission to Post Images" PDF from fossil's title holder
(only if registrant is not the title holder)
3. "Photographic Archives Registration Agreement" PDF
4. Add thumbnails/captions page to #3 & mail to JPS Chair/ViceChair
II. SPECIMENS:
1. Data entered in online registration page
2. "Free and Open Access Validation Form" PDF
3. "AAPS Fossil Registration Agreement" PDF
4. Make sure photographs have been downloaded to JPS Archives
III. MANUSCRIPTS:
1. Complete manuscript following submission guidelines
2. "Authors Copyright Transfer Agreement" signed by all authors
3. Make sure that all privately held specimens or quarries referenced or used in the research are registered with the AAPS Fossil Registry
4. Make sure you have permission to publish from title holders. You may be required to attain a completed "Permission to Publish" PDF form, from some of the fossil title holders
5. Ensure that at least three of the following have been completed for all privately held specimens referenced in your manuscript
a. Specimen(s) are held in a private museum that allows free access to researchers
b. At least one cast of the specimen is accessioned in a public institution. Complete online "Documentation Proving Sale, Donation or Loan" may be required
c. "Independent Confirmation of Authenticity" PDF completed
d. Specimen has been part of a temporary exhibit in a public institution. Complete online "Documentation Proving Sale, Donation or Loan" may be required
e. AAPS registration number has been affixed to specimen
f. Photographs downloaded to AAPS Photo Archives
g. Cat Scan, X-Ray or other 3 dimensional images downloaded
h. Quarry map downloaded to the JPS Photographic Archives
6. Submit all paperwork to Chair or Vice Chair of the JPS
7. Make any necessary changes, edits, based on review. Re-submit
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