Terms and conditions

Using these sites

These terms cover the publisher’s website and the journal websites operated on this platform. By using them you accept these terms. If you do not, please do not use the sites.

You may not attempt to disrupt the sites, gain unauthorised access to any part of them, or extract content by automated means in a way that degrades service for other readers. Reasonable, well-behaved indexing and text-mining of open-access content is welcome.

Content and licensing

Copyright in each article rests with its authors unless the article states otherwise. Each article carries a licence that governs what you may do with it — check the article itself, because licences differ between journals and over time.

Site design, branding and journal names are the property of the publisher or its partners and are not covered by article licences.

Accuracy and liability

Articles present the findings and views of their authors. Publication means the work has passed that journal’s peer review; it is not a guarantee by the publisher of any result, and nothing published here is professional, medical or legal advice.

We work to keep the sites available and accurate but cannot guarantee uninterrupted service or that every page is free of error. Where the law allows, we exclude liability for loss arising from use of the sites.

Changes

We may update these terms. The version published here is the one in force, and material changes take effect when they appear on this page.