Copyrights & Licensing Policies
Previously Copyrighted Material:
- Authors are responsible for gaining permission to reproduce any copyrighted material in their submissions, including images and quotations of more than 300 words.
- If another manuscript drawing on the same dataset has been submitted or published previously, please explain how it differs from this manuscript in your cover letter.
- Permission in email format is
- Authors may also submit a Copyright Permission Request Form completed by the copyright
- Payment of any fees the copyright holder may request is the author’s
- Because obtaining reprint permission can be time-consuming, it is recommended that authors begin this process as soon as possible.
Submission of a manuscript implies commitment to publish in the journal:
- Authors submitting manuscripts to the journal should not simultaneously submit them to another
- Authors should not submit manuscripts that have been published elsewhere in substantially similar form or with substantially similar content.
- If another manuscript drawing on the same dataset has been submitted or published previously, please explain how it differs from this manuscript in your cover letter.
- Authors in doubt about what constitutes prior publication should consult the Editorial office (Link).