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Policy on publication
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Review of Publications

1.BELLE notes and Subgroup's internal notes:
  No initial review is needed and they can be made public
  through WWW unless it includes new physics result.
  If a BELLE note includes new physics result it follows
  rule 2.
  New physics result must be reviewed and critically 
  examined at the appropriate physics subgroup and
  then presented at a general collaboration meeting.
  Also, the author(s) must describe the analysis in detail
  in BELLE note(s).

2.Physics preprints and contributions to physics journals:
  The spokespersons choose three (or more) persons to review the
  manuscript. At the same time, the preprint is posted on 
  a locked WWW page. Collaborators can send critical 
  comments, requests for additional checks and opinions
  to the reviewers. The review committee may also request
  checks and additional work on the analysis.
  The review committee should try to carry out their work
  as quickly and efficiently as possible and then send a
  recommendation to the collaboration. Critical examination
  of the paper should continue until the committee and the
  collaboration is satisfied.
  During the review process the review committee can ask 
  the authors to give an open presentation(s) to the group.

3.Technical papers:
  Detector R&D papers can be submitted without the review
  process, even if they are relevant to future upgrades of
  BELLE. Technical papers about the performance of the 
  present BELLE detector should be reviewed either by the
  spokespersons or by a reviewer chosen by the spokespersons.

4.Physics Talks at conferences:
  The speaker is chosen by the spokespersons. He/she should
  post his/her slides on a locked WWW page and is required
  to give a practice talk at a video meeting. Both must be made
  at least one week before his/her departure. If agreement
  about the content of the talk cannot be reached at the open
  presentation, the spokespersons make a decision.

Policy on Authorship of Physics Publications

This policy is applicable for the first two years.

1.  Eligibility
1.1 All the physicists including graduate students can be the authors.
1.2 Included are the individuals who contribute significantly to the 
    construction of the detector, running, analyses and/or improvements
    of the experiment.
1.3  Each individual should confirm his/her authorship
    by submitting the following statement:
    "I have read this paper and agree with its conclusions.
     Please include me as an author."

2.  Order of author-listing
    The order of authors is in principle alphabetic

3.  Term being eligible as an author
    New collaborators
    After becoming a member of BELLE, 6 months of contribution to
    the experiment is required to be included as an author unless his/her
    contribution is essential to the paper (judged by the spokespersons).

4.  Responsibility and Bookkeeping
4.1 The contact person of each institution is responsible for the possible
    names to be included of his/her institution.
    (Whether or not to include each name is judged by the spokespersons.)
4.2 The IB secretary (presently Y.Sakai of KEK) is responsible for
    bookkeeping the inclusive list of possible authors.
4.3 The contact person of the paper is to prepare the author list out of 
    the inclusive list for the particular paper being prepared. 
4.4 The spokespersons make judgment whenever problems occur.
    Any dispute may be brought up to IB and discussed there.