Terms And Conditions For ISSN Assignment By The ISSN International Centre

1.  ISSN Assignment Requests Are Processed Within 10 Working Days (2 Weeks). Please Note That ISSN May Not Be Assigned In This Timeframe If Information Or Documents Are Missing. Requests Which Involve A Large Number Of Publications Are Negotiated With The ISSN International Centre.
2. ISSN Are Assigned Free Of Charge According To The ISO Standard 3297:2007 That Defines The Identification Of Serials And Other Continuing Resources By The ISSN.
3. We Reserve The Right Not To Process Requests Made By Means Other Than The Web Form Provided On Our Website Or With Missing Information Or Documents: Incomplete Or Inaccurate Forms Will Be Returned To Sender.
4. We Reserve The Right To Refuse An ISSN Assignment If It Is Considered That Misleading Information Has Been Provided By The Requestor Or Printed/displayed On The Publication Regarding, For Instance: The Place Of Publication (publisher’s Address), The Members Of The Editorial Board, The Referencing By Indexing Services Or Databases, The Participation In Digital Preservation Programs Or The Authorship Of The Articles Provided.
5. We Also Reserve The Right To Revoke An ISSN If It Subsequently Comes To Light That Misleading Information Has Been Provided.
6. We Reserve The Right To Refuse An ISSN Assignment To Requestors Who Have Not Fulfilled The Requirement To Provide The ISSN International Centre With A Copy Of The First Issue (or At Least The Cover, Title Page And Editorial Page) Of All Titles For Which ISSN Were Assigned In Advance Of Publication.

Guidelines For Requesting An ISSN Through The ISSN International Centre Website

Publications Eligible For ISSN Assignment

Please Request An ISSN Only If Your Publication, Being Print Or Electronic (online, Application For Mobile Device, CD-ROM For Instance), Belongs To One Of The Categories Below: Serials (journals, Newspapers, Magazines, Monographic Series…), Ongoing Integrating Resources (websites, Databases…). If Your Publication Is An Ongoing Integrating Resource (website, Database…), Additional Criteria Will Be Used By The ISSN International Centre To Determine If The Resource Is Eligible For ISSN Assignment. For More Information About These Criteria, Please Visit The Following Page: Http://www.issn.org/understanding-the-issn/assignment-rules/the-issn-for-electronic-media/Please Note That Books Are Not Eligible For ISSN Assignment. The Identifier Applicable To Books Is The ISBN (International Standard Book Number). For More Information About The ISBN, Please Visit The Website Of The ISBN International Agency (http://www.isbn-international.org) Or Contact Your National ISBN Agency.

ISSN Assignment To Forthcoming Publications

Print Publications And CD-ROM

It Is Possible To Obtain An ISSN Number Before The Publication Of The First Issue Of a Print Serial or Before The Release Of A serial On CD-ROM if All The Possible Information And An Advanced Mock-up Are Provided With The Request. Please Note Also That: - ISSN Shall Not Be Requested More Than Three (3) Months Before The Release Of The First Issue; - We Reserve The Right To Defer The Assignment Of An ISSN Requested In Advance Until A Copy Of The First Issue Has Been Received By The ISSN International Centre; - Publishers Must Be Aware That ISSN Assigned Ahead Of Publication Won’t Be Formally Registered In The ISSN Register ( Http://www.issn.org/understanding-the-issn/the-issn-international-register/ ) Until The ISSN International Centre Receives Proof Of The Effective Publication Of The Serial. Such Proof Must Be Sent To The ISSN International Centre As Soon As The Publication Is Released; Guidelines For Requesting An ISSN Through The ISSN International Centre Website (3 March 2014). We Recommend To Those Publishers Whose Request Has Been Delayed To Display The Statement “ISSN Request Pending” On Their Website ;

 Online Publications

Due To Recurrent And Significant Problems With Online Publications, The Latter Are Usually Not ISSN Assigned Ahead Of Publication. ISSN Are Assigned To Online Publications Only After The Release Of The First Issue, Provided That This Issue Contains A Significant Number Of Articles. If It Is Considered That The First Issue Has Not Enough Articles For Being Regarded As An Actual And Complete One, The ISSN Assignment Will Be Defered. Regarding Open Access Scholarly Publications, 5 Articles Are Considered As A Minimum For Making A Complete Issue.

ISSN Assignment To Forthcoming Hong Kong Publications

ISSN Will Be Assigned In Advance To Hong Kong Publications Only If:- the Publisher Is An Academic Institution (university For Instance) Or A Public Body (ministry, Administrative Service For Instance) ; The Publication Is/will Be Registered In Accordance With The Registration Of Local Newspapers Ordinance (Law Of Hong Kong, CAP. 268) See: Http://www.legislation.gov.hk/blis_ind.nsf/WebView?OpenAgent&vwpg=CurAllEngDoc*268 In This Case, The Publisher Must Provide Any Document Issued By The Office For Film, Newspaper And Article Administration Of The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region attesting That The Registration Has Been Completed Or Is Being Processed By The Office. In All Other Cases, ISSN Will Be Assigned Only After The Publication Of The First Issue. Such An Issue Must Be Sent By Regular Airmail To The ISSN International Centre With The Reference Of The Request (Bib-ID).

How Many ISSN Are Required For My Publication?

If Your Publication Is Issued Simultaneously On Different Media (print, Online, CD-ROM…, With The Same Title Or Not), Or In Different Language Editions, Different ISSN Shall Be Assigned To These Different Editions. In Such Cases, Please Submit A Separate ISSN Request For Each Edition.