Open Access Neurology
Open Access
A hybrid open access (OA) option is offered to authors whose full-length articles or reviews have been accepted for publication (not all manuscript categories are eligible for this option; please contact the Editorial Office for details). Authors submitting work to Neurology will be given the opportunity to select the OA option at the revision stage of the peer review process, contingent upon acceptance of the paper. This choice has no influence on the peer-review and acceptance processes. These articles are subject to the standard peer-review process and will be accepted or rejected based on their merit.
Open Access FAQ
Neurology and Neurology: Clinical Practice employ a hybrid open access policy outlined in the table and definitions below. All articles published in Neurology: Genetics and Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation are open access with the APC paid by the authors/funders/institutions.
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NEUROLOGY Hybrid open access policy outlined in the table and definitions below. |
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FUNDER |
GREEN OA |
GOLD OA |
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PMC Deposit 12 months |
Article Processing Charge (US dollars) |
License |
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YES |
3800.00 |
CC BY-NC-ND |
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YES |
4600.00 |
CC-BY 4.0 |
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YES |
3800.00 |
CC BY-NC-ND |
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YES |
3800.00 |
CC BY-NC-ND |
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4600.00 |
CC-BY 4.0 |
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United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) |
NO |
4600.00 |
CC-BY 4.0 |
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NO |
4600.00 |
CC-BY 4.0 |
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YES (but GOLD preferred)* |
4600.00 |
CC-BY 4.0 |
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NO |
4600.00 |
CC-BY 4.0 |
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NO |
4600.00 |
CC-BY 4.0 |
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NO |
4600.00 |
CC-BY 4.0 |
*Telethon funding – If first, last, or corresponding author is funded by Telethon Italy, authors are required to choose the Gold OA Route and publish under the CC-BY 4.0 license
Definitions
Open Access: Current initiative ensuring that research funded by certain bodies are made available to the public within a certain timeframe in a public repository like PubMedCentral (PMC).
Hybrid Open Access: Authors funded by specific bodies are provided the option of green or gold open access for deposit of articles in a public repository like PMC.
Green option: The publisher of Neurology and Neurology: Clinical Practice will deposit articles within outlined timeframes. Authors/ funders do not pay an APC.
Gold option: Authors/funders of articles funded by bodies listed above pay an APC and publisher deposits in a public repository like PMC so that article is freely available within a few weeks of publication of the final version.
CC-BY 4.0: Authors of articles funded by this body must sign a license to publish when prompted by the editorial office. This license allows others to distribute, even commercially, as long as they credit author for original article. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ for further information.
CCBY NC ND 4.0: Authors of articles funded by this body must sign a license to publish when prompted by the editorial office. This license allows others to build upon the author's work non-commercially, and although their new works must also acknowledge author and be non-commercial, they don’t have to license their derivative works on the same terms. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ for further information.
Self-archiving: Authors of Neurology Journals articles may not include the final peer-reviewed manuscript or any other version of the article in any commercial site or in any repository owned or operated by any third party unless approval is given from the Neurology Editorial office (However, if approval is provided, the manuscript cannot be deposited until 12 months from article publication). The publisher is responsible for the deposit of the final article.
Neurology options for OA publishing (adapted from Baskin PK & Gross RA, Embracing open access publishing: A new era for Neurology. Neurology 2013;80:2-4):
- Gold OA for authors who choose open access. Authors (including authors of commercially sponsored papers) may choose to have articles published in final form as OA. Authors must sign a license-to-publish (LTP) form when prompted by the editorial office giving the publisher the right to publish the article, create derivatives, and sell reprints. The authors retain the copyright and anyone can use the article for non-commercial purposes with proper attribution to Neurology as the original publisher. Each author will sign a license that will give him/her the rights outlined in the Creative Commons: Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) License. This license does not permit commercial exploitation or the creation of derivative works without specific permission. Additionally, all authors who choose the OA option will have their final published article deposited into PMC. An article processing charge (APC) of $3600 per article is levied.
- Gold OA for funders with open access mandates. Authors funded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, UKRI (formerly known as RCUK), Swedish Research Council, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) [UK], or Wellcome Trust/COAF Partners are required to publish OA and must sign an LTP form giving the publisher the right to publish the article. The authors retain copyright but anyone may reuse the article and create derivatives, even for commercial purposes, with proper attribution to Neurology as the original publisher. Authors will be required to publish, as per funding mandates, under the Creative Commons: Attribution (CC-BY) License. Authors/funders must pay an APC of $4400. It is the responsibility of the Corresponding Author to inform the editorial office and/or WK that they are required to follow the funder’s open access mandates.
With both options, all authors will continue to sign Publication Agreement Forms at provisional acceptance. As stated, the authors will retain the copyright.
Open Access Payment and Customer Service
At Final Acceptance, the Corresponding Author will receive an email from [email protected] with the subject line “Please Submit Your Open Access Article Publication Charge(s).” Payment should be made promptly to ensure timely publication with an “OPEN” icon and license-to-publish wording included. Please Note: The open access payment platform is managed by Wolters Kluwer Health, publisher of Neurology; The Editorial Office cannot assist with open access payment questions.
Please send all inquiries related to the Open Access APC to [email protected].
Creative Commons License Adjustment Policy
Neurology does not permit a change in Creative Commons license type after publication; be thorough in the review of any funding entity and their licensing requirements.
APC Refund Policy
The publisher is committed to completing the production process for open access articles in a timely manner. Articles will be held until permissions, author corrections, author forms, or other required information is received. If the article is withdrawn, authors may apply to the Publisher for a refund of the APC within 30 calendar days. The amount refunded is dependent upon the position of the article in the production process.