JPL Author's Guide: Checklist for JPL Authors: Checklist for JPL Authors

What does it take to publish in an external publication as a JPLer? Use our checklist to determine what steps you need to take to publish successfully.

• Get research assistance: Reference Desk
• Search online databases, books, and journals:  https://beacon.jpl.nasa.gov
• Request needed articles and loans through BEACON Express

• Contact Documentation Services for editorial review
• If you have questions about Copyright, you can also contact Documentation Services, and/or review the Caltech Library web site on copyright which includes information from the Office of General Counsel
• Request clearance using Unlimited Release System
• Submit paper to the publisher

• Document Review Services processes Transfer of Copyright forms
• Library is the cost allowability control point for payment of publication charges
• Page Charges: Avoid unauthorized commitments by contacting the Library promptly after paper is accepted for publication. FAQ
• Contact Elizabeth Daruthayan, x4-9236, for more information about Charges

The following is a list of Journal Style Guides explaining publishing requirements for authors.

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