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7. What is the copyright policy of Genome Biology?
All original research articles, including methodology and software articles, published in Genome Biology are open access, which means that the articles are universally and freely available immediately upon publication. For these articles, the authors retain copyright and grant any third party the right to use, reproduce and disseminate the article, subject to the terms of our copyright and license agreement.
In addition to original research, Genome Biology publishes value-added content such as specially commissioned reviews and commentaries that are only available to subscribers. The copyright for these articles is assigned to BioMed Central. For further details, please refer to our copyright licensing agreement for non-research articles.
- What is Genome Biology?
- Why submit to Genome Biology?
- What is Open Access?
- If my article is published, how will it be cited?
- If my article is published, which bibliographic databases will it be indexed in?
- How can I order reprints?
- What is the copyright policy of Genome Biology?
- Do I need permission to reproduce materials published in Genome Biology?
- What are the benefits of registering on the journal website?
- Is there a printed version of the journal?
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- What is BioMed Central?
- How much of the content on the website is available for free?
- What is the peer-review process for Genome Biology ?
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