Authorship responsibility, non-duplication statement, financial disclosure, and copyright transfer
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Conditions of submission
WORK(S) COVERED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT: This agreement includes all submitted written material as well as any supplementary digital material including but not limited to audio, video, and other data files whose
formats may vary.
ORIGINALITY: Each author warrants that his or her submission to the Work is original and that he or she has full power to enter into this agreement.
AUTHORSHIP RESPONSIBILITY: Each author certifies that he or she has participated sufficiently in the conception and design of this Work, intellectual content, the analysis of data, if applicable, and the writing of the Work to take responsibility for the integrity and accuracy of the data.
Each author warrants that this Work contains no libelous or unlawful statements and does not infringe on the rights of others. If excerpts (text, figures, tables, or illustrations) from copyrighted works are included, a written release will be secured by the authors prior to submission, and credit to the original publication will be properly acknowledged. Each author warrants that he or she has obtained, prior to submission, written releases from patients whose names or photographs are submitted as part of the Work.
STATEMENT OF NON-DUPLICATION The Publishers requires that all manuscripts submitted to EBSJ are unique and under consideration solely by EBSJ. If any form or portion of a submitted manuscript has been published or is being considered for publication elsewhere, the author(s) must make such submissions and/or publications known in the submission process.
Transfer of copyright
The authors hereby transfer, assign, and otherwise convey all copyright ownership worldwide, in all languages, and in all forms of media now or hereafter known, including electronic media such as CD-ROM, Internet, and Intranet, to the Publisher (AOSpine International, Stettbachstrasse 6, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland). If the Publisher should decide for any reason not to publish an author’s submission to the Work, the Publisher shall give prompt notice of its decision to the corresponding author, this agreement shall terminate, and neither the author nor the Publisher shall be under any further liability or obligation.
The authors grant the Publisher the rights to use their names and biographical data (including professional affiliation) in the Work and in it’s or the Publication’s promotion.
WORK MADE FOR HIRE: If this Work has been commissioned by another person or organization, or if it has been written as part of the duties of an employee, an authorized representative of the commissioning organization or employer must also sign this form stating his or her title in the organization.
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES: If this submission to the Work has been written in the course of the author’s employment by the Untied States Government, check the “Government” box at the end of this form. A Work prepared by a government employee as part of his or her official duties is called a “work of the U.S. Government” and is not subject to copyright. If it is not prepared as part of the employee’s official duties, it may be subject to copyright.
INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD/ANIMAL CARE COMMITTEE APPROVAL: Each author certifies that his
or her institution has approved the protocol for any investigation involving humans or animals and that all
experimentation was conducted in conformity with ethical and humane principles of research.
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