STI and Copyright

🛡️ Protecting Publishing Rights

To help SLAC meet its contractual obligations to the DOE — while ensuring both SLAC and its authors retain their publishing rights — please complete the following steps before submitting your document or copyright forms to a non-SLAC publishing agency.

Steps to Follow

  1. Register, Upload, and Release Your Paper
    Submit your accepted manuscript through the appropriate submission process to ensure it’s properly tracked and reported.
  2. Complete Your Copyright Agreement Form
    Follow these guidelines when filling out publisher forms:
    • ✅ Sign as a U.S. Government Contractor.
    • ✅ Ensure the copyright statement on the publisher’s form includes SLAC’s required verbiage (see below).

SLAC’s Required Copyright Verbiage Examples

“This work is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science under Contract No. DE-AC02-76SF00515."

"SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences under Contract No. DE-AC02-76SF00515."


"Use of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences under Contract No. DE-AC02-76SF00515."


Use of the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences under Contract No. DE-AC02-76SF00515.

Need Help?

If you have questions or need assistance, contact Scientific Publishing Services at STI@slac.stanford.edu