Publication Disclaimer
Publisher-compliant handling of academic content presented on the HCIS website.
Last updated: 2025-11-15This disclaimer clarifies how scientific publications are presented on the HCIS website and how publisher rights are respected. It explains the distinction between metadata, preprints, and publisher versions.
- 1. Scope of Publication Information
The HCIS website typically provides:
- Bibliographic information (title, authors, venue, year)
- Abstracts or short summaries
- Links to publisher pages, repositories, or open-access versions
- Occasionally, hosted preprints or accepted manuscripts, where permitted
These elements are meant to make the research output discoverable, not to bypass publisher platforms.
- 2. Copyright and Publisher Policies
Most publications are subject to copyright held by publishers such as ACM, IEEE, Springer, or others. As a result:
- Full publisher PDFs are not mirrored unless explicitly allowed
- Hosted versions follow self-archiving policies (e.g., preprints in repositories)
- Author rights and licensing conditions (e.g., Creative Commons) are taken into account
Users of the HCIS website are responsible for respecting the terms of use set by the relevant publishers.
- 3. Use of Publication Metadata
Publication metadata (title, authors, year, DOI, etc.) is generally considered safe to share. It can be used to:
- Cite the work correctly
- Discover related research
- Retrieve official versions from publisher sites or preprint servers
If you reuse metadata programmatically (e.g., for indexing or tools), please observe any applicable fair-use and API policies.
- 4. Linking to External Resources
Links to external resources such as digital libraries, preprint servers, or project pages are provided for convenience. HCIS does not control the content or availability of these external sites and assumes no responsibility for them.
Once you leave the HCIS site, the privacy and legal terms of the external provider apply.
- 5. Corrections and Takedown Requests
If you believe that a publication entry on the HCIS website:
- Infringes rights,
- Contains incorrect information, or
- Should be removed or modified for legal reasons,
you can contact the HCIS lab with details of the request. Valid concerns will be reviewed and addressed promptly.