Independent Open-Access Scientific Publishing
Instructions: Upon acceptance of your article, the corresponding author should download the License to Publish Agreement (link below). They may add their name in script form, and fill in text electronically, then send via email to the journal. Alternatively, they can print out, sign, fill in, scan, and send to the journal.
Download License to Publish formArticle Title: ________________________________________________________________________
Corresponding Author: _______________________________________________________________
Journal Name: _________________________________________________________________
The Author(s) hereby grants to the Journal a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, and royalty-free license to:
• Publish, reproduce, distribute, display, and store the Article in all forms and media (now known or later developed).
• Use the Author’s name and affiliation in connection with the promotion and distribution of the Article.
• Authorize third-party users, such as aggregators and indexing services, to include the Article in their databases.
• The Author(s) agree that the Article may be assigned a DOI and permanently archived.
The Author(s) retains copyright ownership of the Article. No transfer of copyright is intended by this agreement.
The Article will be published as Open Access under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
This license allows others to copy, distribute, remix, and build upon the work—even for commercial purposes—provided that the original author(s) and source are properly credited.
The Author(s) warrants that:
• The Article is original and has not been published elsewhere.
• The Author(s) has the full power and authority to enter into this agreement.
• The Article does not infringe upon any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights of third parties.
• Necessary permissions have been obtained for any third-party content (e.g., images, charts) included in the Article.
In any subsequent use or republication of the Article, the Journal must be acknowledged as the original place of publication.
Signed: ______________________________________________ Date: ________________________
(Corresponding Author on behalf of all authors)