Science -- Bhattacharjee 304 (5676): 1422

U.S. Trade Policy Creates Confusion Over Co-Authorship:

"In a five-page letter to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, OFAC reversed its 30 September 2003 decision requiring journals to obtain a license to edit manuscripts from Iran and other sanctioned countries. But although the letter appeared to endorse normal publishing procedures, it noted in passing that 'a collaborative interaction ... between an author in a sanctioned country and one or more U.S. scholars resulting in co-authorship' would be considered 'a prohibited exportation of services.'"