Example of License for Publishing CC BY

This is an example of the Agreement that you will be asked to complete if your paper is accepted

for publication. This document is for your information only – please do NOT complete this version

of the form. If your paper is accepted you will receive further instructions about how to complete

the form.

[JOURNAL NAME]

Date:

Responsible Corresponding Author (the “Author”) name:

Author email address:

Manuscript number:

Re: Manuscript or work entitled (the “Contribution”)

for publication in (the “Journal”)

published by (“Wiley”) s

Dear Author:

Thank you for submitting your Contribution for publication. In order to expedite the editing and

Co-authors, terms related to Co-author(s) in this Agreement do not apply. If the Contribution is

not accepted for publication, or if the Contribution is subsequently rejected before publication, this

Agreement will be null and void. Publication cannot proceed without a signed copy of this

Agreement and payment of the applicable article publication charge in full (without

deduction of any taxes or fees).

For good and valuable consideration, including the publishing services rendered by Wiley and the

mutual covenants and agreements herein, the parties agree as follows:

A. TERMS OF USE

1. The Contribution will be made Open Access under the terms of the Creative Commons

refer to Wiley’s Open Access Terms and Conditions (http://www.wileyauthors.com/OAA).

3. If any material contained in the Contribution is the output of Artificial Intelligence Generated

Content (AIGC) tools, (a) such tools do not fulfil the role of, nor can they be listed as, an author of

Contribution, (b) Author or Co-author will describe its use, transparently and in detail, in the

methods, acknowledgement, or equivalent section of the Contribution (provided, however, no such

description is needed for tools that are used to improve spelling, grammar, general editing), and

(c) Author and each Co-author is responsible for the accuracy of any information provided by any

AIGC tool and for referencing any supporting work on which that information depends. The final

decision about whether use of an AIGC tool is appropriate or permissible lies with the Journal’s

Practices and associated guidelines set forth by the Committee on Publication Ethics

(https://publicationethics.org/core-practices) or would result in legal liability, violation of Wiley’s

ethical guidelines, or violation of journal ethical practices.

5. Once a Contribution has been accepted for publication, an article publication charge (“APC”) is

due. The Author assumes responsibility for the APC, and no refunds will be issued. If Wiley decides

not to publish the Contribution, no APC will be charged and the Author is free to submit the

Contribution to any other journal from any other publisher.

B. LICENSE

with or referred to in the Contribution (“Supporting Information”). To the extent that any

Supporting Information is submitted to the Journal, the Owner is granted a perpetual, non-

exclusive license to publish, republish, transmit, sell, distribute and otherwise use this Supporting

Information in whole or in part in electronic and print editions of the Journal and in derivative

works throughout the world, in all languages and in all media of expression now known or later

developed, and to license or permit others to do so.

C. RETAINED RIGHTS

The Author and each Co-author or, if applicable, the Author’s or Co-author’s employer, retains all

Published Version or any part thereof distributed or posted by them in print or electronic format as

permitted will include the notice of copyright as stipulated in the Journal and a full citation to the

Final Published Version of the Contribution in the Journal as published by Wiley.

E. CONTRIBUTIONS OWNED BY EMPLOYER

If the Contribution was written by the Author in the course of the Author’s employment as a

"work-made-for-hire", and the employer owns the copyright in the Contribution, the employer

company/institution agrees to the terms of use set forth in paragraph A above and must execute

The Author represents that: (i) if the Contribution has multiple authors, the Author has informed

each Co-author of the terms of this Agreement (including the grant of rights to Owner in

paragraph B above), has obtained their signed written permission to execute this Agreement on

their behalf, and will provide such written permission on request by the Owner; (ii) the Author and

each Co-author have the full power, authority and capability to enter into this Agreement, to grant

the rights and license granted herein and to perform all obligations hereunder; (iii) neither the

Author nor any Co-author has granted exclusive rights to, or transferred their copyright in, any

version of the Contribution to any third party; (iv) the Contribution is the Author’s and all Co-

author’s original work, all individuals identified as authors actually contributed to the Contribution,

and all individuals who contributed are included; (v) the Contribution is submitted only to this

trademark rights) or the privacy of others, do not breach any confidentiality obligation, do not

violate a contract or any law, do not contain material or instructions that might cause harm or

injury, and only utilize data that has been obtained in accordance with applicable legal

requirements and Journal policies; (viii) there are no conflicts of interest relating to the

Contribution, except as disclosed; and (ix) if the Author or any Co-author is a resident of either

Iran, Syria, Cuba, Crimea, North Korea, Donetsk or Luhansk, the Contribution has been prepared

in the relevant resident’s personal capacity during the course of their teaching or research work, in

or institution.

G. INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT

If the copyright of the Contribution is infringed, the Author and each Co-author (1) agrees that the

Owner may (without any obligation) take such steps as it considers necessary to deal with the

matter; (2) will co-operate fully with the Owner in any infringement proceedings; and (3) agrees

to execute any documents and perform any acts reasonably required by the Owner for such

purposes.

H. USE OF INFORMATION

Owner (and Wiley where Wiley is not the Owner) has a lawful basis in processing the Author's and

each Co-author’s personal data. By entering into this Agreement, the Author and each Co-author

agree to the processing of the Author’s and each Co-author’s personal data. 

Wiley shall comply with all applicable laws, statutes and regulations relating to data protection and

privacy and shall process such personal data in accordance with Wiley’s Privacy Policy located at:

https://www.wiley.com/en-us/privacy.

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and complete understanding of the parties and

supersedes all other agreements relating to the Contribution. By signing this Agreement, I agree

to this Agreement and, where execution and delivery of the Agreement is electronic, I agree to

such electronic execution and delivery, and that an electronic signature will be given the same

category. For articles with Authors employed by multiple government agencies, companies, or

organizations, one signature is needed per agency/company/organization – uploading a separate

file for each group is acceptable. Where there is a government-employed Author and a non-

government employed Author, each such Author must sign.

If your status as a government or non-governmental/intergovernmental organization employee

legally prevents you from signing this Agreement, please contact cs[email protected].

SIGN HERE. YOU MUST SELECT ALL APPLICABLE OPTIONS BY CHECKING THE BOX(ES)

BELOW. NOTE WHERE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR SIGNATURES MAY BE REQUIRED.

Author's signature:

Where an Author owns the copyright in the Contribution, the Author would select this option. In

most academic and healthcare institutions, faculty own the copyright for articles that they have

authored. Please check whether different policies apply in your institution.

Select this option:

U.S. Government work

duties, or which is an official U.S. government publication, is called a "U.S. government work", and

is in the public domain and therefore there is no copyright to transfer under U.S. law, though there

statement and upload the form to the Wiley Author Services Dashboard. Do not sign this

agreement. Employees of all other agencies/departments can select this option.

Select this option:

U.K. Government work (Crown Copyright)

The rights in a Contribution prepared by an employee of a UK government department, agency or

other Crown body as part of his/her/their official duties, or which is an official government

publication, belong to the Crown and must be made available under the terms of the Open

Government Licence. Authors must ensure they comply with departmental regulations, and by

signing this form they are asserting that they have the appropriate authorisation to publish.

If you are employed by any of the entities with non-standard terms listed at

Select this option:

Name of Government/Organization: