Open Access Policy and Licensing

Copyright

When publishing articles open access in Acta Orthopaedica, the author(s) will retain the copyright in their work and grant first publication rights to the Nordic Orthopaedic Federation.

Please note that authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission for reproducing copyrighted material from other sources.

All articles are assigned a DOI number (Digital Object Identifier).

Licensing

Articles Published under the CC BY 4.0 License

Authors submitting to Acta Orthopaedica agree to publish their articles under the CC BY 4.0 license, which dictates what others can do with the article once it has been published. This license allows for the reuse of the published paper so long as the published paper is fully attributed, including the DOI.

The author also expressly authorizes Acta Orthopaedica to grant licenses and permissions to third parties for any use of the article and associated materials, including commercial use, text and data mining, and the training, development, testing, and operation of artificial intelligence and machine learning systems, without remuneration or other compensation to the author.

Articles Published under the CC BY-NC License

Earlier articles that were published under the CC BY-NC license remain subject to the terms of that license.

All commercial requests to re-use the article in whole or in part will be handled by the Nordic Orthopaedic Federation. Any permission fees will be retained by this organization.

For the purposes of these terms, “commercial use” means use in any manner that is primarily intended for or directed toward commercial advantage or monetary compensation, including but not limited to provision or distribution (including by way of hyperlink) of the article (including any abstract, figures or tables) in any format.

For further information on commercial use of published papers, please contact us.