How to sign an article license onWiley Author Services

CONFIRM AFFILIATION(S) AND FUNDER(S)

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SIGN LICENSE CONFIRMATION

Confirm Affiliation(s)

Click SIGN LICENSE.

The first step of the license signing process will be to confirm your affiliation(s) and funder(s)

STEP 1

If you have no affiliations, please tick I have no affiliations

Start typing to search for your institution and select from the drop down list. If you provided this information during manuscript submission, you will be asked to confirm your affiliation(s) instead

You can add or remove additional institutions

Once you have added all of your affiliations, click CONFIRM

Once you have entered all your funding details, click OK

Start typing to search for your funder and select it from the drop down below. If you provided this information during manuscript submission, you will be asked to confirm your funder(s) instead

If you have no funding, please tick I have not received any funding

Enter the GRANT NUMBER and GRANT RECIPIENT for your funding. Grant Number is a required field. If you have no Grant Number please add “N/A”. You can add multiple grants for each funder

Confirm Funder(s)

Sign License

STEP 2

STEP 3

Click SIGN LICENSE

If you are selecting OnlineOpen, please ensure you have signed your license before selecting

Select ownership type. This will tell us if you are authorized to sign this form or you need to obtain another signature in order to legally transfer or retain copyright

� “Contributor-owned work” is most popular for those employed by universities, hospitals etc� Some options may require you to

download, sign and upload a license

Click OK or if you need to confirm select SAVE FOR LATER

Copyright OwnershipSTEP 4

If you are publishing in a fully open access Journal, choose which license is right for you and click OK. Help text will appear when you click on an option

Publishing in an open access Journal STEP 5

Some journals have the option to make your article open access through OnlineOpen. Click Yes or No, then OK

Depending on your affiliation, your article publication charge may be eligible to be covered by your institution.

If you selected Yes for open access through OnlineOpen, choose which license is right for you and click OK

If you did not select open access then select Standard copyright form and click OK

Selecting OnlineOpenSTEP 6

To sign your license, click SAVE & SIGN

Click OK in each section to mark as complete

Ready to Save and Sign STEP 7

CONFIRM AFFILIATION(S) AND FUNDER(S) SIGN LICENSE CONFIRMATION

Read the license

Add your name into the box

Click SIGN

If you need to change anything, click BACK before you sign

Tick to agree

If your ownership choice requires you to download and sign a license, you will be given an option to upload!

Sign your License OnlineSTEP 8

Click DOWNLOAD LICENSE to open a copy of your license

You can download and print your license – information is included about why you need to sign the license offline

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Once you have signed your license, click UPLOAD LICENSE on My Dashboard in your Wiley Author Services account

You can also click DOWNLOAD DRAFT from the individual article record on My Dashboard if you require a PDF of the license

If you chose a copyright ownership during the license signing process that requires you to download, sign and upload the license, you will see this confirmation screen

Sign your License Offline and UploadSTEP 8

CONFIRM AFFILIATION(S) AND FUNDER(S) SIGN LICENSE CONFIRMATION

To ensure your license is approved by the Journal Production Editor, make sure:• the license has been

signed• you upload the correct

license document• the license has no

annotations in any way

You can upload your license (a maximum of six files) in PDF, JPG and PNG

Simply drag and drop filesyour files into the upload window or click CHOOSE FILES to select from your computer

Once completed, click UPLOAD

Use the arrows so the license appears in the correct order or click the trash symbols to delete them

You will be sent a confirmation email once you have submitted your license

Confirm the correct files have been loaded and click CONFIRM

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If you signed the license online, a copy will be sent to your email

A copy of your license is also available in My Dashboard

Contact us for any help at wileyauthors.com/help

Check out what other actions are waiting for you on My Dashboard

Confirmation and SupportSTEP 9

Click SELECT OnlineOpen to be taken to the OnlineOpen form

If you selected open access for one of our hybrid journals, you have a time limit to submit your OnlineOpen form – after this time, the license will reset

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Select OnlineOpenSTEP 10