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Contract model No. 3 for Suomen Tiedekustantajien liitto r.y. – Finnish Association for Scholarly
Publishing
Version 1 / 15.12.1999; updated 2010
PUBLISHING CONTRACT
(For an article)
THE RELATION BETWEEN THE CONTRACT AND THE GENERAL TERMS OF CONTRACT
As far as the specific terms of this contract are concerned, the model contract of the Finnish
Association for Scholarly Publishing is valid, as it was the day this contract was signed and confirmed
by signatures of the parties.
CONTRACTING PARTIES
1. ______________________________, hereinafter referred to as the Publisher
2. ______________________________ and ______________________________, hereinafter
referred to as the Author/the Authors.
OBJECT OF CONTRACT
The object for the contract is the manuscript of the Author/the Authors, ___________________
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hereinafter called the Work. The Authors’ portions are divided as is stated in the appendix.
DEADLINE FOR THE MANUSCRIPT
The manuscript is handed over to the Publisher by the ____ of __________.20____, in accordance
with the requirements normally made by the Publisher and known to the Author/the Authors.
PUBLISHING OF THE WORK
The Work is first published in the periodical ______________________________________ / the
joint publication ______________________________.
The Work is published in print/on a server chosen by the Publisher or in another electronic form
chosen by the Publisher.
In the case of a republishing, the provisions of the model contract are applied.
AUTHOR’S FEE
The Author is not paid a fee/the Authors are not paid fees/is paid a fee/are paid fees as stipulated
below.
The fee is __________ euros/is determined by the number of printed pages of the Work in the paper
form in accordance with the calculation criteria of the Publisher.
The fee is paid on completion of the manuscript/after the Work is published.
AUTHOR’S COPIES
The Author receives/the Authors receive _______ Author’s copy/copies of the Work/access to the
database or publication in other electronic form, where the Work is first published.
The Author receives/the Authors receive in addition _______ offprints of the Work in the form of an
article.
INTEGRATING THE MODEL CONTRACT
Regarding the purpose of contract, the rights and responsibilities of the Publisher and the Author/the
Authors, republishing and reprints or new editions, the validity of contract as well as settling
disputes, the model contract of the Finnish Association for Scholarly Publishing referred to above, will
be followed.
____________________ ____. ____. 20____
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(On behalf of the Publisher)
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(Signatures from all the Authors)