Terms and Conditions
These terms and conditions apply to
Science-Metrix which is an Elsevier company also doing business as 1science. These
terms and conditions (“Terms and Conditions”) apply to your use of all Science-Metrix
Inc. websites, applications, services and products (“Services” or individually
a “Service”) that post a link to these Terms and Conditions and that are
provided by Science-Metrix Inc. (“Science-Metrix Inc.”,
“we”, “us” or “our”).
By accessing or using any of the Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms
and Conditions. These Terms and Conditions expressly incorporate by reference
and include the Service’s Privacy Policy and any guidelines, policies or
additional terms or disclaimers that may be posted and/or updated on the
Service or on notices that are sent to you. If you do not agree with these
Terms and Conditions, please do not use the Services.
Using our services
Unless otherwise set out herein,
content comprised within the Services, including text, graphics, user
interfaces, visual interfaces, photographs, trademarks, logos, videos, audio,
images, applications, programs, computer code and other information
(collectively, the “Content”), including but not limited to the
design, layout, “look and feel” and arrangement of such Content, is owned by
Science-Metrix Inc., its licensors or its content providers and is protected by
copyright, trademark and other intellectual property and unfair competition
laws
Except as otherwise provided in any additional terms for a Service, you may
print or download Content from the Services for your own personal,
non-commercial, informational or scholarly use, provided that you keep intact
all copyright and other proprietary notices.
You may not copy, display, distribute, modify, publish, reproduce, store,
transmit, post, translate or create other derivative works from, or sell, rent
or license all or any part of the Content, or products or services obtained
from the Services, in any medium to anyone, except as otherwise expressly permitted
under these Terms and Conditions, or any relevant license or subscription
agreement or authorization by us.
You may not reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile or translate any software
in the Content, or otherwise attempt to derive the source code of such
software, except to the extent expressly permitted under applicable law,
without our prior written permission. You may not engage in the systematic
retrieval of Content from the Services to create or compile, directly or
indirectly, a collection, compilation, database or directory without our prior
written permission.
You may not use any robots, spiders, crawlers or other automated downloading
programs, algorithms or devices, or any similar or equivalent manual process,
to: (i) continuously and automatically search, scrape, extract, deep link or
index any Content; (ii) harvest personal information from the Services for
purposes of sending unsolicited or unauthorized material; or (iii) cause
disruption to the working of the Services or any other person’s use of the
Services. If the Services contain robot exclusion files or robot exclusion
headers, you agree to honor them and not use any device, software or routine to
bypass them. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion or
feature of the Services, any other systems or networks connected to the
Services or to any Science-Metrix Inc. server, or any of the products or
services provided on, accessed from or distributed through the Services. You
may not probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the Services or any network
connected to the Services or breach or attempt to breach the security or
authentication measures on the Services or any network connected to the
Services.
You may not, without the approval of Science-Metrix Inc., use the Services to
publish or distribute any advertising, promotional material, or solicitation to
other users of the Services to use any goods or services. For example (but
without limitation), you may not use the Services to conduct any business, to
solicit the performance of any activity that is prohibited by law, or to
solicit other users to become subscribers of other information services.
Similarly, you may not use the Services to download and redistribute public
information or shareware for personal gain or distribute multiple copies of
public domain information or shareware.
Content provided to us or posted on or through the service
Some of our Services may allow you
to upload, submit, store, send or receive content. Except as otherwise provided
in any additional terms for a Service, we do not claim ownership of any
content, application or other material that you or third parties provide to us
(including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit on or
through the Services, including blog pages, message boards, comment or
discussion features, chat rooms and forums, for review by the general public,
registered users of the Services or by the members of any public or private
community (“Submission”), and you retain ownership of any intellectual
property rights that you hold in the Submission. We are not responsible for the
content, accuracy or compliance with relevant laws or regulations of any
Submission that contains content that is not owned by Science-Metrix Inc.
However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting
(“Posting”) a Submission, you grant us (and those we work with) a
royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive right and
license to publish, post, reformat, index, archive, make available and link to
such Submission in all forms and media (whether now known or later developed),
in connection with the operation of our respective businesses (including,
without limitation, the Services) and to permit others to do so. You shall not
make any Submission anonymously, and you warrant and represent that any such
Submission is original and has been written by you. We are under no obligation
to display or otherwise use any Submission you may provide, and we may remove
any Submission at any time in our sole discretion. By Posting such a
Submission, you also warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control
all of the rights to your Submission including, without limitation, all the
rights necessary for granting the permission specified above.
You may not use the Services to publish or distribute any information
(including software or other content) which is illegal, which violates or
infringes upon the rights of any other person, which is defamatory, abusive,
hateful, profane, pornographic, threatening or vulgar, which contains errors,
viruses or other harmful components, or which is otherwise actionable at law.
Science-Metrix Inc. may at any time exercise editorial control over the Content
of the Services.
We shall have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor Submissions to
determine compliance with these Terms and Conditions and any operating rules we
establish and to satisfy any law, regulation or authorized government request.
We shall have the right in our sole discretion to edit, refuse to post, or
remove any Submission.
Notification of infringement
Notifications regarding any alleged intellectual property infringement should be directed to the Science-Metrix Inc. Legal Department by email addressed to info@1science.com.
Links
The Services may contain links to
third-party sites or resources. We do not endorse and are not responsible or
liable for any content, advertising, products or other materials on or
available from external sites or resources linked to the Services. Transactions
that occur between you and any third party are strictly between you and the
third party and are not the responsibility of Science-Metrix Inc.
Science-Metrix Inc. welcomes you to link to the Services. You may establish a
hypertext link to the Services, provided that the link does not state or imply
any sponsorship or endorsement of your site, company, product and/or service by
Science-Metrix Inc. You may not use on your site any trademarks, service marks
or copyrighted materials appearing on the Services, including but not limited
to any logos, without the express written consent or an explicit license of the
owner of the mark or right. You may not frame or otherwise incorporate into
another site any of the Content or other materials on the Services without
prior written consent of Science-Metrix Inc..
Disclaimer of warranties and liability
We provide the Services using a
commercially reasonable level of skill and care, but neither Science-Metrix
Inc. nor its suppliers or licensors make any specific promises about the
Services, including the Content or any Submission therein. For example, we
don’t make any commitment that the operation of the Services will be
uninterrupted or error-free; that any defects will be corrected; that the
Services, including the server that makes them available, are free of viruses
or other harmful components; or as to the accuracy, completeness, reliability,
availability, suitability, quality, non-infringement, operation or result
obtained from the use of any Content or Submission provided on, accessible from
or distributed through the Services.
SCIENCE-METRIX INC. AND ITS SUPPLIERS AND LICENSORS PROVIDE THE SERVICES AND
ALL CONTENT AND ANY SUBMISSION INCLUDED IN OR ACCESSIBLE FROM THE SERVICES
“AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND
(EXPRESS, IMPLIED AND STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
TITLE AND NONINFRINGEMENT AND THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE), ALL OF WHICH SCIENCE-METRIX INC. AND ITS
SUPPLIERS AND LICENSORS DISCLAIM TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. YOUR
USE OF THE SERVICES AND ALL CONTENT AND SUBMISSIONS, INCLUDED IN OR ACCESSIBLE
FROM THE SERVICES ARE AT YOUR SOLE RISK.
To the extent permitted under applicable law, neither Science-Metrix Inc. nor
its suppliers and licensors assume responsibility for any injury and/or damage
to persons, animals or property as a matter of products liability, malpractice,
failure to warn, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any
ideas, instructions, methods, tests, products or procedures displayed on the
Services or incorporated in the Content or any Submission included in or
accessible from the Services. Practitioners and researchers must rely on their
own experience, knowledge and judgment in evaluating or applying any
information, which remains their professional responsibility. Discussions,
views, and recommendations expressed may not be considered absolute and
universal for every situation. Science-Metrix Inc. will not be liable for the
failure by any user of the Services, Content or Submission to use due care in
the use and validation of results made available through the Services or
included in the Content or any Submission.
TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER
APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL SCIENCE-METRIX INC. OR ITS SUPPLIERS OR
LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, OR SIMILAR DAMAGES, PERSONAL
INJURY (INCLUDING DEATH), LOSS OF PROFITS, CORRUPTION OR LOSS OF DATA, BUSINESS
INTERRUPTION OR ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES) ARISING OUT OF OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE SERVICES OR THE CONTENT OR
SUBMISSIONS, OR SHALL THE LIABILITY OF SCIENCE-METRIX INC. OR ITS SUPPLIERS AND
LICENSORS EXCEED A SUM EQUAL TO THE FEES PAID BY YOU HEREUNDER, EVEN IF ADVISED
OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
Science-Metrix Inc. does not claim ownership, endorse or take responsibility
for any third-party products, information, guidelines, materials or services
that may be offered, advertised, provided or displayed on the Service or
incorporated in the Content or any Submission contained on, accessible from or
distributed through the Services.
Indemnification
You hereby agree to indemnify and hold Science-Metrix Inc., its directors, officers, shareholders, predecessors, successors in interest, employees, agents, suppliers and licensors harmless from and against any and all third-party claims of liability, losses, damages and costs, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ or legal fees, arising out of or in connection with your violation of these Terms and Conditions, and your use of or inability to use any of the Services or the Content or Submissions.
Registered user grant of license
Some Services may require you to register. If registration is required, you agree to provide accurate and complete registration information. It is your responsibility to inform Science-Metrix Inc. of any changes to that information. Each registration is for a single individual only, unless specifically designated otherwise on the registration page. Science-Metrix Inc. does not permit a) anyone other than you to use the sections requiring registration by using your name or password; or b) access through a single name being made available to multiple users on a network or otherwise. As a registered user of a Service, Science-Metrix Inc. grants to you a non-transferable, non-exclusive and revocable license to use the Service according to these Terms and Conditions. Except as expressly granted herein or in any other agreement you have with Science-Metrix Inc., you acquire no right, title or license in the Service or any Content or Submission accessed from or incorporated in the Service.
Password use and security
If you use a password to access a Service, you must not reveal your password and must take reasonable steps to keep your password confidential and secure. You agree to immediately notify Science-Metrix Inc. if you become aware of or have reason to believe that there is any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security. Science-Metrix Inc. is in no way liable for any claims or losses related to the use or misuse of your password or account due to the activities of any third party outside of our control or due to your failure to maintain their confidentiality and security.
About these terms and conditions
Term and Termination: Any license granted to you to use any Service is effective until it expires, until Science-Metrix Inc. terminates it, or until you provide notice to Science-Metrix Inc. of your decision to terminate it. Your rights under the license will terminate automatically without notice to you if you fail to comply with any of the provisions of these Terms and Conditions. Science-Metrix Inc. reserves the right to suspend, discontinue or change a Service, or its availability to you, at any time without notice. Upon termination of the license to a Service, you shall cease all use of the Service
Export Controls: Where the Service, its Content or any Submission consist of software that is subject to US, EU or any other Export Controls, you represent and warrant that (i) you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government, EU or other embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. Government or the EU as a “terrorist supporting” country; and (ii) you are not listed on any U.S. Government, EU or any other list of prohibited or restricted parties.
No Assignment: You may not assign your rights or obligations under these Terms and Conditions to anyone.
No Waiver: Neither failure nor delay on the part of Science-Metrix Inc. to exercise or enforce any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder nor course of dealing between the parties shall operate as a waiver thereof, or of the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. No part of these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed waived, and no breach consented to, unless such waiver or consent shall be in writing and signed by the party claimed to have waived or consented. No waiver of any rights or consent to any breaches shall constitute a waiver of any other rights or consent to any other breach.
Additional Terms: Additional terms and conditions may apply to purchases of goods or services, to specific portions or features of a Service, and to subscriptions or licenses with institutions with which you may be employed or affiliated. If there is a conflict between these Terms and Conditions and the terms that are posted for or applicable to a specific portion of the Service, for any service offered on or through the Service, or set forth in an institutional subscription or license agreement, the latter terms shall control with respect to your use of that portion of the Service, the specific service or the subscribed or licensed product.
Compliance with Laws: You agree to comply with relevant laws and regulations that apply to your use of the Services, Content or any Submission.
Severability: If any provision in these Terms and Conditions is held invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.
Governing Laws and Venue: All matters relating to your access to or use of the Services, including all disputes, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of The Netherlands, without regard to its conflicts of law principles, except if you reside outside of the European Union, then the laws of the country of the Elsevier. regional office in the region where you reside will apply. The exclusive jurisdiction and venue with respect to any action or suit arising out of or pertaining to the subject matter hereof shall be the courts of competent jurisdiction located in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, except if you reside outside of the European Union, then the courts located in the state of New York will have exclusive jurisdiction. Any claim arising out of or in connection with your use of or inability to use the Service or the Content or any Submission must be brought within one (1) year after the event or such claim is barred.
Changes: Science-Metrix Inc. reserves the right to change, modify, add or remove portions of these Terms and Conditions at its sole discretion at any time and without prior notice. Please check these Terms and Conditions periodically for any modifications. Your continued use of any Service following the posting of any changes will mean that you have accepted and agreed to the changes.
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