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The Beethoven Journal

Information for Authors

Contents

Philosophy of The Beethoven Journal

For more information, please see The Beethoven Journal Aims and Scope page.

General Submission Rules

Submitted articles cannot have been previously published, nor be forthcoming in an archival journal or book (print or electronic). In addition, by submitting material to The Beethoven Journal, the author is stipulating that the material is not currently under review at another journal (electronic or print) and that he or she will not submit the material to another journal (electronic or print) until the completion of the editorial decision process at The Beethoven Journal. If you have concerns about the submission terms for The Beethoven Journal, please contact the editors.

Formatting Requirements

Articles should be submitted in the form of a Microsoft Word file. Please consult the Manuscript Preparation Guidelines for details of formatting requirements.

Rights for Authors

The Beethoven Journal is an open access journal and encourages all authors to publish their work under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY) License. The journal will also publish under more restrictive Creative Commons licenses at the author’s request.

Publishing under a Creative Commons license allows authors to retain the copyright in their work. Assigning the Creative Commons license gives The Beethoven Journal all the required permissions to publish the work, so no further publication agreement is required.

Attribution and Usage Policies

Because authors retain copyright, they may re-use their work in any context.

Readers other than the original author should refer to the specific Creative Commons license that has been assigned to an article. Under the CC-BY license, it is generally acceptable to re-use the work as long as there is appropriate attribution. Other Creative Commons licenses provide for additional restrictions to certain kinds of re-use – please refer to the license assigned to the article you are interested in using.