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Health Politics

License to Publish Agreement

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1. Manuscript Information
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7. License Selection

Health Politics is a Gold Open Access journal. The Author(s) retain copyright and grant Health Politics a license to publish under one of the following Creative Commons licenses:

8. License to Publish Agreement

By signing this form, the Author(s) agree to the following terms upon acceptance of the manuscript for publication in Health Politics.

1. Grant of License. The Author(s) hereby grant to Health Politics an exclusive license to publish, reproduce, distribute, and display the manuscript in all forms and media, whether now known or hereafter developed. The manuscript will be published under the Creative Commons license selected above, and the license terms will appear on the article page and be deposited to Crossref as machine-readable metadata.

2. Retention of Copyright. The Author(s) retain copyright ownership of the manuscript. Under the chosen Creative Commons license, the Author(s) may:
(a) Self-archive any version of the manuscript (preprint, accepted manuscript, or version of record) immediately and without embargo, provided a DOI citation to the published version is included.
(b) Use the manuscript, in whole or in part, for the Author(s)' own teaching, research, and scholarly purposes.
(c) Retain all patent and trademark rights, and rights to any process or procedure described in the manuscript.

3. Author Representations and Warranties. The Author(s) represent and warrant that:
(a) The manuscript is an original work and has not been previously published in whole or in part, nor is it under consideration for publication elsewhere. Deposition as a preprint does not constitute prior publication.
(b) All authors have read and approved the final version of the manuscript and agree to its submission.
(c) The manuscript does not infringe upon the copyright or other intellectual property rights of any third party.
(d) Any previously published material included in the manuscript has been duly cited, and the Author(s) have obtained all necessary permissions from the original copyright holders for its reproduction.
(e) The research was conducted in compliance with applicable ethical standards and, where required, has received appropriate institutional review board or ethics committee approval.

4. Responsibility. The Author(s) shall be responsible for the accuracy and integrity of the contents of the manuscript.

5. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Korea.

6. Effective Date. This Agreement becomes effective upon acceptance of the manuscript for publication in Health Politics.

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