Open Access Policy

The JBDGM provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. The JBDGM also charges no author fee for submission or publication of papers.

Copyright

Authors who publish with the Yearbook of Music Psychology (JBDGM) agree to the following terms:

Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0) license. Under the CC-BY license, authors retain ownership of the copyright for their article, but authors grant others permission to use the content of publications in the JBDGM in whole or in part provided that the original work is properly cited. Users (redistributors) of the JBDGM are required to cite the original source, including the author's names, the JBDGM as the initial source of publication, year of publication, volume number and DOI.

Authors may publish the manuscript in any other journal or medium, but any such subsequent publication must include a notice that the manuscript was initially published by the JBDGM. Authors grant the JBDGM the right of first publication. Although authors remain the copyright owner, they grant the journal the irrevocable, nonexclusive rights to publish, reproduce, publicly distribute and display, and transmit their article or portions thereof in any manner.

Preprint Policy

As part of the JBDGM's submission process, authors are required to confirm that the submission has not been previously published or submitted (or will be submitted while under consideration at the JBDGM).

However, prior to submitting their article and prior to acceptance and publication in the JBDGM, authors may make their submissions available as preprints on personal or public websites. "Preprints are preliminary versions, or manuscript versions, of scholarly works – especially journal articles – that are made available to the (professional) public. As a rule, they are non-peer-reviewed versions whose public release primarily serves to expedite the sharing of research findings." (Retrieved from https://open-access.network/en/information/publishing/preprints).

Published conference presentations, posters etc. are considered preprints, provided they do not appear in a peer-reviewed, published conference proceeding.

After a manuscript has been published in the JBDGM we suggest linking it to the final article version, using the assigned article DOI in this way: https://doi.org/10.5964/jbdgm.155

Plagiarism Screening

The JBDGM uses Similarity Check , a multi-publisher initiative to screen published and submitted content for originality. Similarity Check uses the iThenticate software, which checks submissions against millions of published research papers (the Similarity Check database), documents on the web, and other relevant sources. These submitted papers are not retained in the Similarity Check system after they have been checked.

Read more at Crossref's Similarity Check & Researchers page.

Corrections and Retractions

In accordance with generally accepted standards of scholarly publishing the JBDGM does not alter articles after publication:  "Articles that have been published should remain extant, exact and unaltered to the maximum extent possible." ( STM, 2006. Preservation of the objective record of science).

In cases of serious errors or (suspected) misconduct the JBDGM publishes corrections and retractions (expressions of concern).

Corrections. In cases of serious errors that affect the article in a material way (but do not fully invalidate its results) or significantly impair the reader’s understanding or evaluation of the article the JBDGM publishes a correction note that is linked to the published article. The published article is left unchanged.

Retractions (Expressions of Concern). In accordance with the "Retraction Guidelines" of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the JBDGM will retract a published article if there is clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either as a result of misconduct (e.g. data fabrication) or honest error (e.g., miscalculation); if the findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper cross-referencing, permission or justification (i. e., cases of redundant publication); if it constitutes plagiarism; or if it reports unethical research. An article is retracted by publishing a retraction notice that is linked to or replaces the retracted article. The JBDGM will make every effort to clearly identify a retracted article as such. If an investigation is underway that might result in the retraction of an article, the JBDGM may choose to alert readers by publishing an expression of concern.

Archiving

This journal ensures the long-term availability of its contents by partnering with CLOCKSS.