There&#x27;s no such thing as automatic assignment of copyright to a published. However, there are many bad contracts that come with this nonsense.<p>You (as a presumed grad student) are the value in the system. If you give the journals your output don&#x27;t be surprised that they build walls to protect it - they&#x27;re useless without you and they know it.<p>They&#x27;ll allow whatever they have to, and nothing else.