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Copyright Transfer Agreement

Copyright Transfer Agreement

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Published Journal: Journal of Brain & Spine

We, the authors of this paper, hereby consent to the transfer of all exclusive and transferable copyrights pertaining to the content of this article, encompassing figures, tables, abstracts, and other extractable components, to the organizer of Journal of Brain & Spine at the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University. This transfer encompasses the rights to reproduce, disseminate, broadcast, translate, adapt, compile, and exhibit the research papers, both online and offline. These rights are granted exclusively to the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, and our editorial office at Journal of Brain & Spine will administer these rights on
behalf of the university for various purposes, including but not limited to those specified below:
1. The article is hereby granted the right to be published, replicated, distributed, exhibited, transmitted, compiled, and stored in its current and future forms, including but not limited to paper, digitized, and electronic mediums.
2. The article is subject to translation or adaptation, abstract creation, quote extraction, and the generation of derivative works. These derivative works shall fall under the umbrella of the rights stipulated in the previous point.
3. The ability to transfer or license any or all of the aforementioned rights to a third party is also included.
The transfer period of the aforementioned rights shall be limited to the statutory protection period of the copyright of the paper, and the licensed scope shall be on a global scale. We would like to inform all our authors that Journal of Brain & Spine is a non-profit academic publisher, dedicated to furthering academic knowledge and research.
There will be no cost associated with the transfer of copyright. The authors authorize the Editorial Board of Journal of Brain & Spine to display the following notice in a notable location of the journal: "The authors of this article have transferred the copyright to Journal of Brain & Spine publisher, and no institution is permitted to reproduce or abstract the paper without obtaining prior consent from the Journal." This agreement takes effect upon the acceptance of the article by the editorial board of Journal of Brain & Spine. If the editors decide to withdraw the article from publication, all publishing rights will revert back to the author(s).
The author(s) signing this consent have the legal authority to represent the research paper, either individually or as representatives of all original authors. They confirm that their research does not infringe upon the copyright or any other rights of third parties, including any copyrighted material such as graphs and charts cited from licensed works. They further affirm that the paper has not been previously published or featured in any other periodicals, and that it has not been made publicly accessible through the internet, as a dissertation, or in relevant databases, either in its entirety or in substantial parts.
By signing this document, the author(s) agree not to transfer or license the copyright of the article to any third-party entities.
When a paper is published in Journal of Brain & Spine, the journal grants the following non-exclusive rights to all authors:
1. Authors have the right to use the entire paper or portions of it in their own monographs or dissertations, provided that appropriate credit is given to Journal of Brain & Spine.
2. The paper may be used for classroom teaching purposes, including slides and non-commercial distribution.
3. Authors may upload the paper on their personal website or blog, but they must cite Journal of Brain & Spine as a reference or provide a link to the electronic version of the paper available on the Journal of Brain & Spine website.
4. Authors are allowed to reuse figures and tables from the paper, as long as proper attribution to Journal of Brain & Spine is included in the citation.
In the event of any disputes arising from the execution of this agreement, both the authors and Journal of Brain & Spine agree that the People's Court located in the jurisdiction of the editorial office of Journal of Brain & Spine shall be the court of first instance.

Please keep one copy of this form for yourself. Upon signing this agreement, you have the option to either mail the hard copy of the authorization via postal service or email an electronic version to the Editorial Office of Journal of Brain & Spine. If there are multiple authors, please ensure that all parties sign the document collectively before submitting it to the office.

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