Agreement with the Author

License agreemen

The License agreement, which should be filled in by hand with a blue ink pen, duplex printing

LICENSE AGREEMENT No. ___
for scientific work in the journal “Lesnoy Zhurnal = Russian Forestry Journal”

Arkhangelsk ____________________, 202__

Author(s) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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(Full name)

hereinafter refer to individually or collectively as the “Author(s)” and the Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education “Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov” hereinafter referred to as the “Publisher”, represented by Marat Kanalbekovich Eseev, scientific director of the world-class REC “Russian Arctic”, acting on the basis of a power of attorney no. 01-629 dated 21.05.2024, have entered into this Agreement as follows:

1. Subject of Agreement

1.1. The Author(s) grants the Publisher the right to use the work – the Article________________________________

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(Article title)

created by the Author(s) (hereinafter – the Article) in the journal “Lesnoy Zhurnal = Russian Forestry Journal” on the terms of a non-exclusive license, as prescribed by this Agreement.

In accordance with Paragraph 2 of Article 1270 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation and this Agreement, the use of the Article shall be understood to mean:

– reproduction of the Article or any part thereof in any tangible form, including in hard and soft copy in journals and/or databases of the Publisher and/or other entities at the discretion of the Publisher and/or the Founder of the Journal;

– distribution of the Article or any part thereof as part of the Journal and/or databases of the Publisher or other entities, at the discretion of the Publisher and/or the Founder of the Journal, or as an independent work anywhere in the world;

– making the Article available to the public so that any person may access the Article from any place and at any time by his/her own choice (making the Article available to the public, including via the Internet).

The granting of rights under this Agreement includes the right to process the submission form of the Article for its use in interaction with computer programs and systems (databases), publication and distribution in machine-readable format and introduction in search systems (databases).

1.2. Territory of use: throughout the world.

1.3. Period of use: for the duration of the exclusive rights.

1.4. License Fee: free of charge.

2. Author(s) warrants that:

2.1. at the time the non-exclusive right to the Article is granted, the Author(s) has the exclusive right to the Article to the extent necessary to perform this Agreement;

2.2. he/she(they) has been informed of the terms of this Agreement and has given his/her(their) consent to enter into this Agreement on the terms and conditions provided for in the Agreement;

2.3. the Article is an original work submitted for consideration only to this Journal, and the Author(s) has not published the Article previously in other printed and/or electronic media, except for the publication of the preprint (manuscript) of the Article;

2.4. the Article contains all the references to the cited authors and/or publications (materials) as required by the current copyright law, the Author(s) has received all the necessary permissions for the results, facts and other borrowed materials used in the Article, the copyright holder of which is not the Author(s);

2.5. the article does not contain content prohibited for publication, according to the current legislative acts of the Russian Federation; neither its publication nor distribution will lead to the disclosure of secret (confidential) information (including State secrets);

2.6. if the guarantees contained in this Section of the Agreement are violated, the Author(s) agrees to take steps to ensure that the Publisher has unhindered use of the rights granted hereunder, and in the case of failure to ensure unhindered use of the rights granted to compensate the Publisher for any losses the Publisher may suffer in connection with such violation of warranty.

3. Author(s)’s Rights and Obligations

3.1. The Author(s) retains the copyright to the Article and grants the Journal the right of first publication of the Article.

3.2 Author(s) is obliged to:

3.2.1. Submit the manuscript of the Article in accordance with the Rules for Authors published on the Journal’s website.

3.2.2. While preparing the Article for publication:

– make corrections to the text of the Article as indicated by the reviewers and accepted by the Editorial Board and/or, if necessary, finalize the Article at the Publisher’s request;

– read the proofreading of the Article within the deadlines provided for in the Journal’s publication schedule;

– make in the proofreading of the Article only those minimum changes that are associated with the need to correct errors made in the original Article and/or to make factual and conjectural changes.

3.2.3. Avoid using for commercial purposes and in other publications without the Publisher’s consent an electronic copy of the Article prepared by the Publisher in case of its transfer to the Author.

3.3. Author(s) has the right to:

3.3.1. Use a printed or electronic preprint of an unpublished manuscript of the Article in the form and content accepted by the Publisher for publication in the Journal. Such preprints may be hosted as electronic files on the Author(s)’s website or on the protected external website of the Author(s)’s employer, but not for commercial sales or systematic external distribution by a third party.

At the same time, the Author(s) should: 1) include the following warning in the preprint: “This is a preprint of the Article accepted for publication in the journal “Lesnoy Zhurnal = Russian Forestry Journal, copyright ( year )”; 2) provide an electronic link to the Journal’s website.

The author is warned that the preprint will be published only after the Article has been accepted for publication.

3.3.2. Photocopy or give a copy of the printed Article, in whole or in part, to colleagues without charge for their personal or professional use, for the advancement of academic or scholarly research, or for employer’s information purposes.

3.3.3. Enter into separate contractual agreements concerning the non-exclusive distribution of the version of the Article as published in the Journal (e.g., placing it in an institutional repository, publishing it in a book), with reference to its original publication in the Journal.

3.3.4. Use materials of the published Article in a book written by the Author(s) or in an extended article.

3.3.5. Use individual figures or tables and passages of text from the Article for their own teaching purposes or for inclusion in another work (with reference to its original publication in the Journal), or for presentation as an electronic copy on an internal (secure) computer network or on the external website of the Author(s) or his/her(their) employer.

3.3.6. Include the materials of the Article in educational compendia for use in the classroom, for free distribution of materials to students of the Author(s) or save materials as an electronic copy on a local server for student access as part of a study course as well as for internal training programs at the employer’s institution.

4. Publisher’s Rights and Obligations

4.1. Publisher is obliged to

4.1.1. Provide at its own expense a review of the Article, scientific, literary and content and copy editing, production of the paper and electronic original layout, reproduction in paper and electronic paste-up of the issue of the Journal with the Author(s)’s Article and its distribution in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

4.1.2. Agree with the Author the changes made to the Article, taking into account the terms and conditions of Sections 2.4 and 3.2 of this Agreement.

4.1.3. Provide the Author(s) with the proofreading of the Article and make reasonable corrections by the Author(s) in the amount of not more than five corrections per thousand characters, taking into account the terms and conditions of Section 3.2.2 of this Agreement.

4.1.4. Provide the Author with an electronic copy of the Article after the publication of the Article in the Journal, provided that the Author(s) submit his/her(their) e-mail.

4.2. Publisher guarantees that:

– the right of integrity of the Article and protection from misrepresentation, the current standard of printing works, protection of copyright from illegal use of the Article by third parties and observance of the right of authorship and the right of the Author(s) to the name.

4.3. Publisher has the right to:

4.3.1. At any subsequent authorized use by the Author(s) (and/or other entities) of the Journal and/or the Article (including any of its separate parts, fragments) to require the said entities to indicate the reference to the Journal, the Publisher or other copyright holder of the Journal, the Author(s) or other copyright holders, the title of the Article, volume, number of the Journal and year of publication specified in the Journal.

4.3.2. Place in the media and other information sources preliminary and/or promotional information about the forthcoming publication of the Article.

4.3.3. Set the rules (conditions) for accepting and publishing the Journal’s materials. The Editorial Board of the Journal has the exclusive right to select and/or reject materials sent to the Editorial Office of the Journal for publication. If the article is rejected for publication, the Editorial Board provides a reasoned response to the Author(s).

5. Other Terms and Conditions of Agreement

5.1 This Agreement comes into force in the case and at the moment the Editorial Board makes a decision to accept the Article for publication and is valid for the period stipulated in Section 1 of this Agreement. If the Article is not accepted for publication or if the Author(s) withdraws the manuscript at the stage of decision making by the Editorial Board, this Agreement shall not enter into force (lapse). If the Article is not accepted for publication, the Editorial Board notifies the Author(s) by e-mail.

5.2. In accordance with Article 1269 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, the Author(s) has the right to refuse the earlier decision to release (reproduce) the Article (right of withdrawal), provided that the person who was granted the right to use the Article is compensated for the losses caused by such decision. If the Article is published, the Author(s) is also obliged to publicly notify of its withdrawal. In this case, the Author(s) has the right to withdraw from circulation the previously issued copies of the Article, the Journal compensating the losses caused by it.

5.3. In the case of claims against the Publisher related to the violation of exclusive copyright and other intellectual property rights of third parties in the creation of the Article, or in connection with the conclusion of this Agreement by the Author(s), Author(s) is obliged to:

– immediately upon receiving the Publisher’s notice, to take steps to settle disputes with third parties, if necessary, to join the litigation on the side of the Publisher and to take all actions in his/her(their) power to exclude the Publisher from the list of defendants;

– compensate to the Publisher the court expenses, costs and losses caused by the application of measures to secure the claim and execution of a court decision and amounts paid to a third party for violation of exclusive copyright and other intellectual property rights, as well as other losses incurred by the Publisher due to the failure of the Author(s) to comply with the guarantees provided by him/her(them) under this Agreement.

5.4. The Parties have agreed that, in accordance with Article 160 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, they allow and acknowledge the reproduction of the text of this Agreement and the Parties’ signatures on this Agreement and other documents related to its conclusion by means of mechanical, electronic or other copying of the handwritten signature and text of the Agreement, which will have the same effect as the original signature of the Party or the original document. The facsimile (electronic) copies of the documents shall be valid and have equal legal effect with the authentic ones.

5.5. In accordance with Article 428 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, this Agreement is a contract of adhesion (offer), the terms of which are determined by the Publisher, and may be signed by the other party not otherwise than by adhering to this Agreement as a whole. Sending by the Author(s) the manuscript of the Article for publication in the Journal is considered as acceptance, i.e. consent of the Author(s) to publish the Article in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

6. Addresses and Bank Details of the Parties

Publisher:

Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education “Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov”

Legal address: Naberezhnaya Severnoy Dviny, 17, Arkhangelsk, 163002, Russian Federation

Recipient: Federal Treasury Department on across the Arkhangelsk Region and the Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education “Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov” personal account 30246Ш00191)
INN code: 2901039102
KPP code: 290101001
Settlement account: 03214643000000012400

Recipient’s bank:
ARKHANGELSK BRANCH OF THE BANK OF RUSSIA // Federal Treasury Department on across the Arkhangelsk Region and the Nenets Autonomous Okrug the city of Arkhangelsk
BIK: 011117401
TSA: 40102810045370000016

Department of Scientific Publications, Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov
Naberezhnaya Severnoy Dviny, 17, Arkhangelsk, 163002, Russian Federation

Scientific director of the world-class
REC "Russian Arctic" _______ / M.K. Eseev /
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