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How do I get the SPARC Europe Seal for Open Access Journals?

April 26, 2017Europe Journals seal sparc

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How do I get the SPARC Europe Seal for Open Access Journals?

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How to be approved: Step 1: Choose the Creative Commons License CC-BY license. In order to qualify for the SPARC Europe Seal you must apply the CC-BY license, which is the most user friendly license, allowing among other things for long-term preservation and text- and data mining. How to choose the CC-BY license: Go to the Creative Commons (CC) web site (http://creativecommons.org/about/license) and copy the CC-BY Icon – you might as well consult this: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Before_Licensing . Put the CC-BY icon on the homepage of your journal(s) and preferably on each article in your journal. Go to the DOAJ web site (http://www.doaj.org), login to “For journal owners”, click on “license info” and choose CC-license for your journal(s). The CC icon will be shown automatically in DOAJ. Step 2: Your journal(s) shall continuously provide DOAJ with metadata for all of your content.