International Journal of Disabilities Sports and Health Sciences

The journal is tightly bound to the principles of good publishing practices in the guidelines of the Editorial Committee (COPE). Authors in the article application; that their work is in compliance with ethical, legal and scientific rules and that they have not been published before and are not in the evaluation stage to be published elsewhere during the application. Previously published tables, figures and articles must be clearly stated and permission must be obtained from those holding the broadcasting rights. The journal requires that appropriate ethics committee applications are made, that informed consents are received and that they are reported to the article. In medical studies involving human subjects, the Helsinki Declaration is firmly attached to its principles. Authors are required to report that they are in compliance with institutional or national guidelines for the use and care of laboratory animals.

Scientific works are studies which are concluded as a result of scientific methods and which provide with the application of scientific methods and objectivity. In the process of production of these works, all the components of the publication process; namely, publisher, editor, author, reviewers, and readers must follow the ethical principles. In this scope, International Journal of Disabilities Sports and Health Sciences must also follow the ethical principles of the all components of the publication process in the light of the guides and policies published in the open access by the Committee on Publication Ethics, COPE (e.g. COPE “Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors” ve “COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors”, ICMJE Recommendations,  WAME resources, WMA policies, and WMA Helsinki Declaration).

Ethical Approval (ETHICAL CONSENT REPORT)
In the articles evaluated in International Journal of Disabilities Sports and Health Sciences (IJDSHS) Ethics Committee Approval is needed for the following items:
* Research conducted in qualitative or quantitative approaches which require data collection from the participants using survey, interview, focus group study, observation, and/or experiment techniques,
* Using humans or animals (including material/data) with experimental or other scientific aims,
* Clinical research on humans,
* Research on animals,
* Retrospective studies in accordance with the law on the protection of personal data.

Informed Consent Statement

Manuscripts reporting studies involving human participants, human data, or human tissue must include a statement of informed consent for participation in research. Verbal informed consent to participate in a study can be acceptable under some circumstances (such as in ethnographic studies). The authors must explain the rationale for using this kind of consent in the “Informed Consent Statement” Section. For verbal informed consent, a copy of the script used must be provided during the submission stage.

For all manuscripts that include identifying patient/participant information (personal details, images, or videos relating to an individual person), written informed consent for the publication of these details must be obtained from patients/participants (or their relatives/guardians) before submitting to an IJDSHS journal. A blank version of the form used to obtain permission (without the patient/participant names or signature) should be provided upon submission. You may refer to our template permission form and provide an appropriate form after consulting with your affiliated institution.

Publisher's Responsibility
International Journal of Disabilities Sports and Health Sciences is an independent and self-publishing academic journal, and the "NDP Academic Publishing (NDPAP)" is defined as a “Publisher” (as hereinafter defined).
Publisher has to prepare policies and design the journal’s website according to COPE’s Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. The publisher agrees to make all accepted manuscripts open access under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license by charging a publication fee at the time of submission, processing and/or publication. Publisher agrees to work with editors, section editor, editorial board members, and editors' assistants to determine the journal policies in line with COPE periodically and follows these policies. Publisher guarantees editorial independence, respect the peer review process and disclaims being involved in editorial decisions. Publisher guarantees to publish the volume and issues on a timely basis. Publisher declares to remain neutral concerning jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliation. Publisher conducts rules and policies for research ethics, consent, including confidentiality, and the legal requirements for human and animal research.

Publisher conducts the relationship rules between publisher, editors and third-parties in any contract, protects intellectual property and copyright, respects privacy and supports editorial independence. Publisher guarantees not to allow any sponsors to be involved in decisions about the journal's publishing policies even if they support the publisher financially. Publisher guarantees to comply with the journal's publishing policies, particularly in the context of transparency and integrity (e.g., research funding, conflicts of interest, and reporting standards). The publisher guarantees to comply with the journal's publishing policies, particularly in the context of appeals and complaints. The publisher guarantees to maintain the integrity of the scientific work. The publisher guarantees to assist-third parties (grant funders, institutions, etc.) responsible for the investigation of suspected research and publication misconduct and to facilitate the resolution of these cases whenever possible. Publisher guarantees to publish clarifications, corrections, and retractions based on editorial board decisions.

The author is expected to be held accountable for the accuracy of the data and information about the submitted article. A proper and relevant citation should be considered by presenting the original original output of the authors' research, documenting the data and documenting the discussion. A writer should not repeat any research data from himself or herself when making an original manuscript for a primary publication in the magazine. The reported scope of work should be based on the appropriate references of other publications that affect it. Before submitting any article, the authors should check the extent of the journal and, in the case of any inquiries, contact the Editorial Office.

Authors should strictly comply with the authorship criteria. All listed authors have made important contributions to the research presented in the manuscript and must have approved all their claims. Anyone who should be considered as the author of an original research article should contribute to any of the following methods: designing the study, conducting the study or conducting the experiments, taking part in the analysis of the data. It is necessary to include everybody who makes a significant contribution to the completion of their research work. The financial and personal benefits governing the findings or research of the nature, as well as financial support details and resources, should be clearly stated.

Author Contributions

For full transparency, all submitted manuscripts must include an author contribution statement that identifies the work of each author. For research articles with multiple authors, a short paragraph should be provided indicating their individual contributions. Please indicate the contribution of each author to the submitted article in the table below. Authorship Form

The following statements should be used: Study Design, XX and XX; Data Collection, XX; Statistical Analysis, XX; Data Interpretation, XX and XX; Manuscript Preparation, XX and XX; Literature Search, XX and XX. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Please see the CRediT taxonomy for a definition of terms. Authorship should be limited to those who have contributed significantly to the reported work.

The corresponding author should act as a point of contact between the editor and other authors, keeping co-authors informed and involved in important decisions regarding publication. Co-first authors may be identified in the manuscript by including the statement "X and X contributed equally to this article." The roles of co-authors should also be adequately explained in the contribution statement.

For review articles where individual statements are less valid, a statement should be included explaining who was responsible for the idea, who performed the literature review and/or data analysis, and who drafted and reviewed the work.

For articles based primarily on a student's thesis or dissertation, IJDSHS recommends that the student be listed as the lead author.

Deceased Authors
If a manuscript is submitted with a deceased author in authorship during the process, or if an author dies during peer review, the corresponding author or co-authors should notify the IJDSHS editorial office. If the deceased author is a corresponding author, the authorship group should nominate a co-author for this role. The corresponding author should confirm the deceased author's contribution and any potential conflicts of interest. A note will be added to the author list after publication.

Changes in Authorship
Authors are expected to carefully consider authorship before submitting a manuscript. Any changes to the author list should be made during the editorial process prior to acceptance of the manuscript. Authorship changes, including adding, removing, or rearranging author names, require approval from all authors, including those to be removed. To request any change in authorship, the journal must receive a completed authorship change form that includes signatures from all authors and indicates the reason for the change. Any change in authorship requested after the manuscript has been accepted will result in a delay in publication. If the manuscript has been previously published, requests for changes in authorship will be considered and a correction will need to be published. We reserve the right to request proof of authorship, and changes in authorship after acceptance will be made at the discretion of the IJDSHS editorial board.

Author Name Change Policy
Some authors may wish to change their name after publication. In such cases, IJDSHS will update and republish the article and resubmit the updated metadata to the appropriate indexing databases (please note that all updates are subject to the policies of the databases). Our teams recognize that name changes for various reasons, such as gender identity, marriage, divorce, or religious conversion, can be sensitive and/or private. Therefore, to protect author identity, no correction will be published and co-authors will not be notified. Authors should contact the journal's "Editorial Office" with name change requests.

Editors are obliged to comply with the policies of "Blind Review and Review Process" stated in the journal's publication policies. Therefore, the editors ensure that each manuscript is reviewed in an unbiased, fair and timely manner.

Selection Process of the Editorial Board
The Editorial Board must include members from diverse geographic locations to enhance the journal COPE: Editorial board participation and WAME: Syllabus for Prospective and Newly Appointed Editors. The establishment of a thriving journal necessitates the presence of a reliable and unwavering editorial committee. All potential candidates shall obtain a comprehensive overview of the assigned accountability. In addition, the editorial Board shall offer voluntary, unpaid responsibilities/accountabilities.

The journals of International Journal of Disabilities Sports and Health Sciences (IJDSHS) provide an opportunity to be part of the editorial Board by submitting the membership form, which allows interested individuals to express their interest and qualifications for serving on the Board. It also provides the journal with a means of selecting candidates who can contribute to the publication’s mission and goals. The membership form should be completed and submitted promptly and professionally, with careful attention paid to the information provided and the requirements for eligibility. By submitting a membership form, individuals can demonstrate their commitment to the field and willingness to contribute to advancing knowledge and research in their area of expertise.
Editors: The size of the Board may change annually, depending on various factors. The editors are selected based on expertise, applicability, outstanding research metrics, geographical diversity, and recognition in significant organizations/institutions.

The editor and field editors of International Journal of Disabilities Sports and Health Sciences should hold the following ethical responsibilities that are based on the guides "COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" and "COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" published as open Access by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

Editors are obliged to publish corrections or corrections as soon as possible, preserving the integrity of the published article, if necessary. The editor must comply with the policy guidelines provided by the publisher and fulfill its responsibilities in its entirety. Review process: Editors are responsible for monitoring and providing justice, timing, rigor and courtesy of the arbitration review process. Ensure that the content or author information contained in the article is legible. To evaluate all the manuscripts so that they are not covered by the journal. Promoting corrections, dealing with withdrawal, additional data, etc. To protect the inner integrity of the magazines with themes. Try to publish the best articles and research that attract readers.

Decision Making: It has the right to be in consultation with decision-making, eye-catching or editorial board members.

Impartiality: The editorial and editorial board should evaluate manuscripts in terms of their intellectual content, without putting any prejudice against race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, ethnicity, citizenship, or political philosophies of authors.

International Journal of Disabilities Sports and Health Sciences (IJDSHS) editors, editorial board members, and editors' assistants are welcome to submit their original manuscripts to the IJDSHS, but they have to know that they cannot be involved in the peer-review and editorial decision-making process for their own manuscripts. In this case, the publisher chooses a guest editor for the IJDSHS editors, editorial board members, and editors’ assistants' manuscripts to handle independently the peer-review and editorial decision-making process. The publisher clearly states the case to the readers (e.g., via a footnote, endnote on the article or on the journal website) on how to carry out the IJDSHS staff's manuscripts. When IJDSHS encounters disagreements, IJDSHS follows COPE Guidelines.

The fact that all manuscripts are reviewed through "Blind Review" has a direct influence on the publication quality. This process ensures confidentiality by objective and independent review. The review process at IJDSHS is carried out on the principle of double blind review. Reviewers do not contact the authors directly, and the reviews and comments are conveyed through the journal management system. In this process, the reviewer views on the evaluation forms and full texts are assigned to the author(s) by the editor. Therefore, the reviewers doing review work for IJDSHS are supposed to bear the following ethical responsibilities:

• Agree to review only in their subject of expertise.

• Review in an unbiased and confidential manner.

• Inform the editor of the journal if they think that they encounter conflict of interests and decline to review the manuscript during the review process.

• Dispose the manuscripts they have reviewed in accordance with the principle of confidentiality after the review process. Reviewers can use the final versions of the manuscripts they have reviewed only after publication.

• Review the manuscript objectively and only in terms of its content and ensure that nationality, gender, religious and political beliefs, and economic apprehension do not influence the review.

• Review the manuscript in a constructive and kind tone, avoid making personal comments including hostility, slander and insult.

• Review the manuscript they have agreed to review on time and in accordance with the ethical rules stated above.

Human and Animal Rights and Informed Consent Policies

Institutional Review Board Statement
When reporting research involving human participants, human materials, human tissues, or human data, authors must declare that the studies were conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki (1975) and its 2013 revision. According to Article 23 of this declaration, approval must be obtained from the local Institutional Review Board (IRB) or another appropriate ethics committee to ensure compliance with national and international guidelines. At a minimum, the "Institutional Review Board Statement" section of the article must include the project identification code, approval date, and the name of the ethics committee or institutional review board.

Informed Consent Statement
Manuscripts reporting studies involving human participants, human data, or human tissues must include a statement of informed consent for participation in the research. In some cases (e.g., ethnographic studies), verbal informed consent may be acceptable. Authors must justify the use of verbal consent in the "Informed Consent Statement" section. For verbal consent, a copy of the text used during the submission process must be provided. For manuscripts containing identifiable patient/participant information (e.g., personal details, images, or videos), written informed consent for publication must be obtained from the participants (or their relatives/legal guardians) before submission to the IJDSHS journal. An anonymous and unsigned consent form must be submitted.

Registration of Clinical Trials
Clinical trials must adhere to all policies Research Involving Human Subjects. IJDSHS follows the guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), which require that clinical trials be registered in a publicly accessible registry system before or at the time of the first patient enrollment. A clinical trial is defined as any research project that assigns participants to an intervention to examine health-related outcomes. This includes studies involving randomization and group classification, extending beyond hospital settings or pharmaceutical studies. Authors must register their clinical trials with clinicaltrials.gov, the EU Clinical Trials Register, or other registry systems listed on the World Health Organization International Clinical Trials Registry Platform. The registry name, study registration number, and registration date must be stated in the Institutional Review Board Statement or methods section. Approval from a review board does not substitute for clinical trial registration. IJDSHS may reject articles lacking proper registration.

Reporting Guidelines for Randomized Clinical Trials
For randomized clinical trials, IJDSHS requires a completed CONSORT 2010 checklist and flow diagram at the time of submission. Templates are available on the CONSORT website. Articles must address all items on the checklist.

Research Involving the Use of Animals
Research involving animals must justify the benefits relative to the harm caused. Authors must adhere to the '3R' principles:
a) Replacement: Use alternatives to animals whenever possible.
b) Reduction: Minimize the number of animals used.
c) Refinement: Optimize conditions to reduce harm.
Manuscripts must include details on housing, care, and pain management. Authors should follow guidelines such as the Code of Practice for the Housing and Care of Animals Used in Scientific Procedures or standards from the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science or the European Animal Research Association. For studies involving vertebrates or higher invertebrates, ethics committee approval must be obtained where required by law. The project identification code, approval date, and ethics committee name must be stated in the "Institutional Review Board Statement" section. Clinical studies involving owned animals require informed consent from the owners, with risks disclosed and high veterinary care standards maintained. If ethical approval is not required, authors must provide a statement of exemption from an ethics committee or justify the study's ethical framework. IJDSHS endorses the ARRIVE guidelines (arriveguidelines.org/) for reporting experiments using live animals. Authors and reviewers must use the ARRIVE guidelines as a checklist, which can be found at.

Submissions may be rejected due to non-compliance or ethical concerns.

https://arriveguidelines.org/sites/arrive/files/documents/Author%20Checklist%20-%20Full.pdf

JDSHS Editors reserve the right to ask for the checklist and to reject submissions that do not adhere to these guidelines, to reject submissions based on ethical or animal welfare concerns or if the procedure described does not appear to be justified by the value of the work presented.

1. NSW Department of Primary Industries and Animal Research Review Panel.

Three Rs. Available online: https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/dpi/animals/animal-ethics-infolink/three-rs

2. Home Office. Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. Code of Practice for the Housing and Care of Animals Bred, Supplied or Used for Scientific Purposes.

Available online: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/388535/CoPanimalsWeb.pdf

3. American Association for Laboratory Animal Science. The Scientific Basis for Regulation of Animal Care and Use.

Available online: https://www.aalas.org/about-aalas/position-papers/scientific-basis-for-regulation-of-animal-care-and-use

4. European Animal Research Association. EU regulations on animal research.

Available online: https://www.eara.eu/animal-research-law

Vulnerable Population Policy
International Journal of Disabilities Sports and Health Sciences will not publish research that does not comply with the following policies. The purpose of these policies is to protect vulnerable groups as research participants and to ensure that research is scientifically sound, ethical, and socially beneficial.
Vulnerable groups research must be conducted in accordance with the WMA Helsinki Declaration, Articles 19 and 20, and approved by an ethics committee decision by the legal authority. The study must meet the needs and priorities of the group/individuals in which it is conducted. The case in which the study cannot be carried out outside of these groups and individuals is taken into consideration. In research involving vulnerable groups, additional measures to protect volunteers must be documented by researchers/s. The journal editor/advisory board may conduct an additional review within the framework of basic ethical principles. Additional information may be requested in addition to ethics committee permissions during the journal review process.

Scientific Quality

The scientific quality of research conducted with vulnerable groups must be in accordance with the standards of the Helsinki Declaration, ICH, and the Human Rights and Biomedicine Convention. This means that the research must be well-designed, the research protocol must be properly implemented, and the methods for compiling and analyzing the data must be valid.

Autonomy Principle

Vulnerable groups and individuals must be protected in terms of informed consent processes that are not based on coercion, pressure, or incomplete information. This includes ensuring that research participants are fully informed about the nature, risks, and benefits of the research, and that they have the right to freely decide whether or not to participate.

Privacy Principle

For the publication of research conducted with vulnerable groups, the confidentiality of participants and the anonymity of data must be ensured. This means that the identities and personal information of research participants cannot be disclosed.

Research on vulnerable groups must be in accordance with the principles of equality and justice. This means that research should not discriminate on the basis of gender, ethnicity, religious belief, socioeconomic status, or other demographic factors.

Social Benefit

The fundamental criterion is that the interests of the volunteers who participate in the research should take precedence over the social and scientific benefits. It is expected that research conducted with vulnerable groups will provide social benefits.

Conflict of Interest Policy and Authorship 
For Authorship Form, please click here.

International Journal of Disabilities Sports and Health Sciences (IJDSHS) is responsible for taking precautions in order to prevent potential conflicts of interest and for assessing the given declarations. Consequently, the journal thinks that potential conflicts of interest harms the scientific publication ethics. The journal defines all the responsibilities for all shareholders in order to determine and prevent conflicts of interest. In case of a potential conflict of interest, the Journal suspends the evaluation process of an article until the unclarity is eliminated. In this context, the Journal has the right to request Ethics Committee Approval, Interviewer Voluntary Consent Form and other documents to be submitted from the author that submits the article.  

Preview
The articles which are submitted to the International Journal of Disabilities Sports and Health Sciences (IJDSHS) accepted after the evaluation process and completed the process after the acceptance are presented with preview along with their DOI (Digital Object Identifier) numbers on the electronic environment in order to distribute the scientific information in an up-to-date manner. The articles which are published in the preview are published in an issue and voice with a page number approved by the editor board and they are removed from the preview afterward. The articles in preview may not be the last version which will be published in the intended issue. Small changes may occur in the last version of the studies.

Reporting a Situation That Does Not Comply with Ethical Principles to the Journal Editor

In the International Journal of Disabilities Sports and Health Sciences, if an unethical behavior that does not comply with ethical principles is encountered regarding editors, referees, authors or an unethical situation regarding an article in the evaluation process, early view or published, it should be reported by e-mail to ijdshs.editor@gmail.com.

Archieving Policy (LOCKSS)

The LOCKSS system has permission to collect, preserve, and serve this Archival Unit.
International Journal of Disabilities Sports and Health Sciences (IJDSHS) is using the LOCKKS archiving system.
The LOCKSS Program, based on the program used at Stanford University Libraries, provides libraries and publishers with award-winning, low-cost, open source digital preservation tools to preserve and provide access to persistent and authoritative digital content.
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The LOCKSS system allows librarians to access to the e-content to which they subscribe, restoring the print purchase model with which librarians are familiar.
The Global LOCKSS Network preserves today's e-journals and e-books for tomorrow's readers. The Global LOCKSS Network is a proven preservation approach that uniquely empowers both libraries and publishers. It enhances a library's value by restoring library collections via a locally installed "LOCKSS box", which is essentially a digital bookshelf. The Global LOCKSS Network enhances a publisher's value by preserving the original published artifact, including branding, historical context, and underlying files. It protects the publisher's interest by driving all reader traffic to their web site. The Global LOCKSS Network is administered and managed by the Stanford University Libraries LOCKSS Program. See the LOCKSS Program website for additional information, (CLICK Here).

All manuscripts sent to our magazines are now scanned by  iThenticate ® (Professional Plagiarism Prevention) programa plagiarism detection software.If an article contains plagiarism or self-plagiarism in more than 15% of the manuscript, it will be returned to the author for appropriate citation and correction.

To avoid plagiarism, the authors confirm that:

1. We understand that it is against the ethics of plagiarism;

2. No material with unauthorized copyright is used in writing;

3. The article is exempt from plagiarism and has not been published before;

4. We will be responsible for the opinions expressed in the I / O and we will be responsible for all disputes arising from our use of any copyrighted material without proper permission.

If the author suspects plagiarism at any stage even after publications, within a week the author will need to get clear about the manuscript. The article will be automatically rejected and removed from the system without a reasonable and timely explanation. Manuscripts sent by the same author will not be accepted.

The International Journal of Disabilities Sports & Health Sciences (IJDSHS) is rigorous in providing the integrity of the scientific record of the content of all users. The editor is irrespective of whether a article is to be published within a certain period of time. In making this decision, the Editor is guided by the policies of the editorial board and is limited to the legal requirements in force for copyright infringement and plagiarism. Published articles will remain as current, accurate and unaltered as possible. However, there may be occasional unavoidable circumstances that require article withdrawal or publication from a particular journal after publication.

This is only used for "Article in Publication" which represents the first versions of the accepted articles. The article may be withdrawn at the discretion of the editor, if it constitutes a violation of professional ethics codes, such as any article, multiple declarations, counterfeit documents, plagiarism or falsified use of data or similar events during the printing phase. Authors who wish to withdraw their article in the review phase are obliged to fill out the Withdrawal Form and send the signed and scanned copy of the form with the wet signature of each author to the editorial board via e-mail. The Editorial Board will review the withdrawal notification and provide a response within 10 days at the latest.

Violation of professional codes of ethics, such as multiple submissions, false authoring claims, plagiarism, fraudulent use of data and similar claims, will result in a retraction of the article. Sometimes, a withdrawal may be considered to correct the mistakes in sending or broadcasting.

IJDSHS Complaints and Appeals Review Policy

Readers with concerns or complaints about published articles should contact the relevant author directly to seek a resolution and, if not resolved, the Editorial Office should be notified. The Editorial Office will coordinate with the complainant, author(s), and the Editors-in-Chief or members of the Editorial Board to investigate, correct, or resolve any concerns or complaints.
Any complaints, comments, or requests for updates will be investigated appropriately regarding the academic validity, ethical, or legal aspects of the article or the review process. All complaints, comments, or requests for updates regarding published articles will be investigated with the support of the Editorial Board and with the final approval of the Editor-in-Chief.
Final decisions regarding ethical concerns are made by the Editor-in-Chief or members of the Editorial Board, supported by the Editorial Office, to promote compliance with the basic principles of publication ethics outlined by COPE. Decisions regarding corrections, comments, and responses, expressions of concern, or retractions resulting from an investigation are made by the Editors-in-Chief, Section Editors-in-Chief, or members of the Editorial Board and communicated to the authors. A complaint will only be considered if additional information is provided that substantiates the concerns.

Advertising
We do not partner with third-party advertising companies to serve ads and/or collect certain information when you visit IJDSHS's Web site. IJDSHS will not permit any therapy-specific or drug-specific advertising policies directed to a specific article or any page where the content is related to the advertised product (Advertisers may not link to articles using keywords; may not target an advertisement to a specific product provided that it appears in the same location and at the same time as a specific article mentioning that product; and may not reference an article published at the same time as the advertisement).

Direct marketing
There is no direct marketing activity carried out on behalf of the journal.

Our journal allows its Published version (Version of Record) to be stored in an institutional or other repository preferred by the author without embargo.

Journal of Producitivity uses the LOCKSS system offered by DergiPark. For more information about the archiving system the LOCKSS website can be visited. The publisher archive policy of the Journal of Producitivity is as follows:

The Publisher allows authors the use of the final published version of an article (publisher pdf) for self-archiving (author's personal website) and/or archiving in an institutional repository after publication.
Authors may self-archive their articles in public and/or commercial subject-based repositories. There is no embargo period but the published source must be acknowledged and a link to the journal home page or articles' DOI must be set.
Authors may download print of the article as a PDF document. Authors may send copies of the article to colleagues without embargo.
The publisher allow all versions of papers (Submitted version, Accepted version, Published version) to be deposited in an institutional or other repository of the author’s choice without embargo.

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