Permissions
Submit Your Permission Request Using RightsLink
If you are seeking permission to copy, reproduce, or republish content from the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) and you are not the author of the content, you may use the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink® service. Simply visit NEJM.org and locate the article or video from which you seek to reuse content.
Once you have located and accessed the article you are looking for on NEJM.org:
- Click on the Permissions link © in the toolbar to the left of the article.
- The RightsLink window will pop up with information about the content you have selected.
- Follow the prompts to select the options that best suit your needs.
- The system will either provide you with an immediate price quote or direct your request to the NEJM Permissions Department for further processing through the RightsLink interface.
- When prompted to continue, either sign in to your existing RightsLink account, or create a new account if you do not already have one, and follow the additional prompts to secure permission.
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NEJM Group Commercial Use Guidelines
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The following uses require permission from NEJM Group:
- Copying or downloading of content for redistribution by a commercial organization
- The inclusion or incorporation of content in other works or services (other than normal quotations with an appropriate citation) that are made available by a commercial organization for informational or educational purposes
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- The distribution of content in any form
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Permission for Authors
If you are the author of an article that has been published in NEJM, see Author Permissions.
Note: All commercial reuse examples discussed in section above also apply to authors of NEJM Group manuscripts that are employed by industry and distributing/exposing content on behalf of their employers.
Reuse of Content Within a Thesis or Dissertation
Content (full-text or portions thereof) may be used in print and electronic versions of a dissertation or thesis without formal permission from the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS), Publisher of the New England Journal of Medicine.
The following credit line must be printed along with the copyrighted material:
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Prohibited Uses
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