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This journal is a peer reviewed, open access journal.
User Rights
All articles published open access will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read, download, copy and distribute. Permitted reuse is defined by the following user license:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND): for non-commercial purposes, lets others distribute and copy the article, and to include in a collective work (such as an anthology), as long as they credit the author(s) and provided they do not alter or modify the article.
If you need to comply with your funding body policy you can apply for the CC BY license after your manuscript is accepted for publication.
Article Publishing Charge
As an open access journal with no subscription charges, an article publishing charge (APC) is payable by the author or research funder to cover the costs associated with publication. This ensures your article will be immediately and permanently free to access by everyone.
Please note: The society is paying the APC on behalf of the author.
The full APCs for this journal are:
Originals, Reviews and updates: EUR 1250
Clinical notes: EUR 550
Learn more about Elsevier's pricing policy.
Author rights
For open access publishing this journal uses an exclusive licensing agreement. Authors will retain copyright alongside scholarly usage rights and Elsevier will be granted publishing and distribution rights.
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