No. The transfer or license applies to the copyrighted paper. Your patents, trademarks, data, and ideas remain yours.

Always. Your moral right to be identified as the author can never be transferred and is protected in perpetuity.

The practical hasn't changed. We've updated our agreement language to meet modern scholarly publishing standards and provide greater clarity, but what you've always been able to do with your work remains the same.

This enables us to act as the professional publisher—distributing your work widely, protecting it from misuse, maintaining it permanently, and handling the administrative burden of managing rights and permissions on your behalf.

Yes. You may share your work with colleagues and students for professional and educational purposes.

Yes. For technical publications, you may post the accepted manuscript version (typically after any embargo period). For conference proceedings, you may post the final version immediately.

Yes. You may reuse your own material in future works. Simply cite the original INCOSE publication properly.

Absolutely. You may present your work in any educational or professional setting.

Yes. This is standard academic practice and is always permitted.

Yes. You own the research and ideas. INCOSE only has rights to the specific written expression in the published paper.

You may submit a substantially expanded and revised version to a journal, but you must disclose the prior conference publication to the journal editor during submission.

Submitting the identical paper would be self-plagiarism/duplicate publication, which violates scholarly ethics. Always cite your conference paper in the new submission and be transparent with editors.

For technical publications, third parties should contact INCOSE for permission. For conference proceedings where you retained copyright, they should contact you directly (though we appreciate being informed).

For technical publications, commercial use typically requires permission from INCOSE, which we handle on your behalf. For conference proceedings, you control these rights.

We actively monitor for unauthorized use, maintain the authoritative version of record, and take action against infringement when necessary.

The accepted manuscript is your final peer-reviewed text before INCOSE's professional formatting. The version of record is the final published version with INCOSE's layout, branding, and formatting.

Some agreements may require waiting a brief period (e.g., 6–12 months) before posting your accepted manuscript publicly. This allows the published version to be the primary version available initially. Check your specific agreement for details.

No. Copyright exists automatically when you create an original work. Registration is not required in most countries, though it may provide additional legal benefits in some jurisdictions.

Please disclose any AI tool usage related to your submission. Include a brief statement in your acknowledgments or footnote covering (1) which AI tools you used (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Grammarly), (2) how you used them, and (3) your level of involvement and oversight. Common categories of AI use include: conceptual (idea generation, hypothesis development, research design), analysis (literature review, statistical support, data analysis, coding assistance), content generation (drafting sections, creating abstracts, methodology development), editorial (grammar correction, formatting, citation management, translation). Note: For content generation and conceptual use, provide additional detail about your intellectual contributions. Example 1: “ChatGPT (GPT-4) assisted with grammar correction and code generation for simulations. All analysis and conclusions are original author work." Example2: “Claude Sonnet 4 helped summarize literature and draft methodology sections, which were extensively revised by authors. Grammarly provided editing support. Research design and interpretation are entirely author-generated. Submissions that do not comply with this guidance maybe rejected before review.

The Author must clearly indicate if any artificial intelligence (AI) tools, such as ChatGPT or other large language models, were used in the preparation or creation of the Work. This disclosure should include which model was used, for what purpose, and which text is affected. This disclosure should made to INCOSE and indicated within the Work. The Author represents that they have verified any portion of the work created using AI. The Author further acknowledges that the representation and warranties made in this Agreement apply to The Author and recognizes and acknowledges the potential for plagiarism and copyright infringement with any use of AI. The Author represents and agrees that the Author remains fully responsible for the content of their Work, including any material drafted with the assistance of AI, and thus remains liable for any breach of warranties in this Agreement.  The Author may not list AI or AI-assisted technologies as an author or co-author, nor cite to AI as an author or reference source.