Lapis: The Journal of the Institute of Fine Arts is an open access, electronic publication in support of accessibility and exchange of scholarly work and ideas.
The Journal guarantees all work submitted is confidential and reviewed anonymously. The Journal acquires all first publication rights to submitted work following its acceptance. Copyright for the acquired article is retained by the Author. However, the Journal asks that any subsequent publication of the work acknowledges its original place of publication.
Below are policies held by the Journal. It is the responsibility of all Authors to understand copyright and permissions laws beyond these guidelines which are intended only to familiarize contributors with policies. All permissions and copyright requests are the sole responsibility of the Author.
Review Policy: All review is double-blind from readers in the field of the submission. The Journal reserves the right to request any revision to any accepted or contingently accepted submission. Any piece accepted pending revision may be later rejected and/or returned to the Author if the Editors do not feel that revisions have been properly integrated and/or the piece does not meet the Journal’s standards for publication.
Permissions: Should an article be selected for publication, it is the responsibility of the Author to provide digital images of a readable quality for publication.
The Journal publishes all images under fair use. Fair use facilitates that use of others copyrighted materials in the Author’s own materials when:
- The Author’s materials are nonprofit or educational;
- The portion of the copyrighted material used is insubstantial in relation to the work as a whole;
- The use does not effect the potential market value of the copyrighted work.
The Journal maintains that the scholarly and educational use of images published in the Journal falls under fair use guidelines and as such the majority of images do not require permission from the copyright holder for scholarly reproduction.
It does remain, however, the responsibility of the Author to determine if an image cannot be published under fair use. The Journal strongly encourages authors to use this Copyright Guide to understand fair use and copyright and to help determine whether or not a work is under copyright. As a general rule, works registered or published in the U.S. before 1923 are in the public domain. If the Author determines that a work is in the public domain, the Journal does not require you to obtain any permissions.
If, for any reason, an Author determines and image requires permission for reproduction, the Author is encouraged to remain in close contact with the Journal regarding any or all pending permissions. When applicable, Authors are encouraged to explore or engage obtaining permissions ahead of receiving acceptance of a piece. This includes confirming the copyright holder of an image, researching the method of permission that holder uses to process requests, and can include contacting the holder. The Journal does not encourage payment to be made (if necessary) ahead of acceptance.
Plagiarism: All work submitted must be the Author’s unique work. All work within a manuscript must be properly cited and attributed to its original. Any use or reproduction of another Author’s work without proper citation is plagiarism. Any reproduction of your own work without proper accreditation to its original publication is plagiarism. The Journal reserves the right to further define plagiarism on a case-by-case basis. Should any work found to be plagiarized, the Journal retains all rights to reject that work at any stage in the editorial or publication process including after publication.
