Copyright and License
Open-access publishing with author-retained rights for maximum research dissemination
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
All articles published in JSN are distributed under the CC BY 4.0 license
What This License Permits
Share
Copy and redistribute in any medium or format for clinical education
Adapt
Remix, transform, and build upon the research material
Commercial Use
Use for commercial purposes with proper attribution
No Restrictions
Licensor cannot revoke these freedoms for published work
Attribution Requirements
Users must provide appropriate credit when sharing, adapting, or building upon published work. Proper attribution includes citing original authors, article title, journal name, publication date, and DOI. Users should indicate if modifications were made. This ensures original researchers receive recognition for their spine and neuroscience contributions.
Author Rights
Copyright Ownership: Authors retain full copyright ownership of published work. By submitting, authors grant JSN a non-exclusive license to publish, distribute, and archive the work. Authors may reuse their work in future publications, presentations, and teaching materials without seeking permission.
Self-Archiving: Authors may deposit the published version in institutional repositories, preprint servers, and personal websites immediately upon publication with no embargo period. This supports broad dissemination of spine and neuroscience findings.
Reuse in Future Works: Authors may reuse figures, tables, and text from their JSN publications in subsequent research articles, book chapters, and clinical guidelines with proper citation.
Publisher Responsibilities
Under our open-access agreement, JSN commits to maintaining published work in accessible format, distributing content to indexing services and medical repositories, preserving articles through long-term archival partnerships, and providing persistent DOI resolution ensuring permanent citability of your spine and neuroscience research.
Third-Party Content: Authors must obtain permissions for any third-party content including medical images, figures from other publications, or proprietary assessment tools not covered by fair use. Proof of permission should be provided during submission.
Open Access Benefits
Open-access licensing accelerates clinical progress by removing barriers to knowledge sharing. Your spine and neuroscience research reaches clinicians, surgeons, rehabilitation specialists, and researchers worldwide without subscription barriers. This model supports evidence-based practice and enables translation of research findings into improved patient care.
Preprint and Postprint Policies
JSN supports preprint posting. Authors may post unreviewed manuscripts to preprint servers such as medRxiv or bioRxiv before or during review. Upon publication, update preprint records to link to the published version.
The accepted manuscript may be deposited in institutional repositories immediately with no embargo. The final published version may be shared freely under CC BY terms with proper attribution and journal citation ensuring maximum dissemination of spine and neuroscience research.
Commercial and Educational Use
Commercial use of published content is permitted under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. This includes educational courses, clinical training materials, and industry applications. The open license removes barriers to research translation into clinical practice, supporting improved patient care in spine medicine and neuroscience.
Derivative works including translations, adaptations, and educational materials are permitted with proper attribution. Best attribution practices include author names, article title, journal name, publication date, volume information, and DOI.
Open licensing accelerates clinical progress by removing barriers to knowledge sharing in spine and neuroscience. Your research reaches broader audiences enabling educational applications and translation into improved patient care. The CC BY model represents our commitment to open science while protecting your rights as the original author.
The open-access model ensures your spine and neuroscience research is immediately available to researchers, clinicians, industry professionals, and policymakers worldwide. Removing access barriers accelerates translation of laboratory discoveries into clinical applications benefiting patients.
Open access supports broader goals of open science advancing spine and neuroscience. Your work contributes to freely accessible knowledge benefiting patients worldwide.
CC BY licensing ensures maximum reach and impact for spine and neuroscience research benefiting patients, clinicians, and researchers globally.
The open-access model advances translation of research discoveries into clinical applications improving patient outcomes.
Open access maximizes reach of your important spine and neuroscience discoveries to global clinical audiences.
Open access supports global clinical advancement.
Open access for all.
Open access for clinical research.
