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Further information concerning the journal's open-access model and the availability and reuse of published articles is provided in the Open Access Policy.
The CC BY 4.0 License applicable to an SMEOR article does not automatically apply to third-party material included in that article where a credit line, copyright notice, or other indication specifies different rights or licensing conditions.
Authors are responsible for determining whether third-party material included in their manuscript may lawfully be reproduced, adapted, or otherwise used. Where the intended use is not permitted by the material's existing license, applicable law, or another relevant legal exception, authors must obtain permission from the appropriate rights holder before publication.
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Additional requirements concerning the protection and appropriate use of intellectual property are provided in the journal's Protecting Intellectual Property policy.
Merely modifying, redrawing, translating, or adapting previously published material does not necessarily eliminate the rights associated with the original work. Authors must determine whether the proposed adaptation requires permission and must appropriately acknowledge the original source.
Independently created tables, figures, graphs, schemes, or other materials based on lawfully reusable underlying data or information may normally be included without obtaining permission for the independently created presentation, provided that protected elements of another work are not reproduced and the original data or information sources are appropriately cited.
Short quotations or other limited uses of copyrighted material may not require separate permission where the use is permitted under an applicable license, copyright exception, or other applicable law. Appropriate attribution and citation are nevertheless required.
Authors should identify potential copyright and licensing issues before submitting the final version of their manuscript and should obtain any necessary permissions sufficiently early to avoid delays in publication.
Where permission is required, authors are responsible for obtaining authorization that covers the intended publication and distribution of the material as part of an open-access article.
The Editorial Office may request evidence of permission or information concerning the licensing status of third-party material before publication. Material for which the necessary rights cannot be established may be required to be removed or replaced.
Third-party material should be accompanied by an appropriate acknowledgement or credit line where required by the rights holder, applicable license, or source.
Where a rights holder specifies a particular form of acknowledgement, authors should follow those requirements. Otherwise, the credit line should clearly identify the original source and indicate, where applicable, that the material has been reproduced or adapted with permission.
Because authors retain copyright and articles are published under CC BY 4.0, authors may reuse, distribute, archive, and otherwise disseminate their published work in accordance with the terms of that license.
Detailed requirements concerning the deposit of submitted, accepted, and published versions are provided in the journal's Self-archiving Policy.
Long-term preservation of published content is addressed separately in the journal's Archiving Digital Version policy.
Authors are responsible for ensuring that their submissions do not unlawfully infringe copyright or other intellectual property rights. Appropriate acknowledgement and citation do not automatically replace the need to obtain permission where permission is legally required.
Unauthorized reproduction, inappropriate attribution, plagiarism, or other misuse of protected material may also be considered under the journal's Plagiarism Policy and, where appropriate, its Unethical Behaviour policy.
Where a copyright or intellectual property concern affects an article that has already been published, any formal action affecting the scholarly record will be considered in accordance with the journal's Retraction and Correction Policies.
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