How QScience.com uses cookies on its websites
27 May 2012
We use cookies and similar tools across our websites to improve their performance and enhance your user experience. This policy explains how we do that.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files which a website may put on your computer or mobile device when you first visit a site or page. The cookie will help the website, or another website, to recognise your device the next time you visit. Web beacons or other similar files can also do the same thing. We use the term “cookies” in this policy to refer to all files that collect information in this way.
There are many functions cookies serve. For example, they can help us to remember your username and preferences, analyse how well our website is performing, or even allow us to recommend content we believe will be most relevant to you.
Certain cookies contain personal information – for example, if you click to “remember me” when logging in, a cookie will store your username. Most cookies won’t collect information that identifies you, and will instead collect more general information such as how users arrive at and use our websites, or a user’s general location.
What sort of cookies does QScience use?
Generally, our cookies perform up to two different functions:
1. Performance Cookies
We utilise other cookies to analyse how our visitors use our websites and to monitor website performance. This allows us to provide a high quality experience by customising our offering and quickly identifying and fixing any issues that arise. We might use these cookies to highlight articles or site services that we think will be of interest to you based on your usage of the website.
2. Functionality Cookies
We use functionality cookies to allow us to remember your preferences. For example, cookies save you the trouble of typing in your username every time you access the site, and recall your customisation preferences..
More detail on how businesses use cookies is available at www.allaboutcookies.org.
QScience.com cookies and their purpose
Cookie | Name | Purpose |
| Performance optimization cookies | JSESSIONID SERVER | These cookies are set upon arrival to the website. They are used to optimize the website's performance for the user. These cookies are deleted when the user closes the browser. Note: These cookies are also used to collect information about how visitors use the website. |
| "Remember me" cookie | AUTO_SIGNIN | This cookie is set when the user explicitly requests that the website "remember me." The cookie will last for up to one year. |
| Targeting cookies | MAID PLUID | These cookies are set upon arrival to the website. They are used to target more relevant content and services to the user. These cookies will last for up to one year. |
| Mobile-optimized version cookie | MobileUI | This cookie is set upon arrival to the website using a mobile device. It is used to record the visitor's preference for using the mobile-optimized version of the website. This cookie is deleted when the user closes the browser. |
| Out-of-network access cookie | SFFID | This cookie is set upon arrival to the website using a mobile device. It is used to enable access to protected content while the user is connected to the website from outside of an institution network. The cookie will last for up to one year. Note: This cookie is also used to collect information about how visitors use the website. We are working to change this behavior. |
The QScience.com privacy policy has been updated to include this information.
QScience.com is committed to the highest professional and ethical standards in research publishing and we are pleased to provide this information to all our users so that they can make informed decisions about their web site usage.