Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.-
The manuscript has not been published previously and is not currently under consideration for publication in another journal.
- The manuscript file is provided in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document format.
- References must be managed using reference management software and should be fully traceable.
- The manuscript is typed in single-spaced format using a 10-point font, follows the provided template, and all illustrations, figures, and tables are embedded within the text at the appropriate locations rather than being grouped separately at the end of the manuscript.
- The manuscript complies with the journal’s formatting and bibliographic requirements as specified in the Author Guidelines.
Copyright Notice
1) Who Owns Copyright?
Authors retain copyright in their articles.
2) License on the Final Published Article
By default, Urania publishes the final published article (Version of Record, “VoR”) under CC BY-SA 4.0 (attribution required; commercial reuse allowed; adaptations/derivatives must use the same license). Any alternative license will be indicated on the article and requires prior agreement.
Any alternative Creative Commons license may be applied only upon Urania’s prior written approval, requested by the corresponding author at or before acceptance by emailing BRIN’s contact and specifying (i) the exact license sought, (ii) any funder/institutional mandate, and (iii) the manuscript title and ID. The alternative license becomes effective only when Urania issues written confirmation and the license is shown on the article’s webpage and PDF; until then, CC BY-SA 4.0 applies. Urania may decline requests at its discretion.
3) License to Publish
Authors grant Urania (BRIN) a non-exclusive License to Publish the VoR and to reproduce, distribute, publicly display, communicate, translate, index, preserve, and otherwise make the VoR available in all media and formats, worldwide, for the duration necessary to ensure permanent scholarly access. To prevent duplicate publication, authors agree not to publish the same or a substantially similar article in any other scholarly journal. Publication can proceed only after the corresponding author has signed the License to Publish (LTP) Agreement.
4) Author Rights
Authors may: share with colleagues; use in teaching; present at conferences; include in theses/dissertations, books, encyclopedia entries, or monographs; create derivatives with citation; retain patent/trademark rights; self-archive preprints and accepted manuscripts (AAM).
5) Preprints & Self-Archiving
- Preprints: allowed at any time. Upon publication, add the VoR citation/DOI and a link to the VoR.
- AAM (Author Accepted Manuscript): may be deposited without embargo in personal, institutional, or disciplinary repositories with the VoR citation/DOI, link, and a note of the VoR’s license.
- VoR (Version of Record): where an AAM license differs from the VoR’s license, the AAM license applies to the AAM only; the VoR remains governed by the license shown on the article.
6) Text & Data Mining (TDM)
TDM of the VoR/AAM is permitted under the VoR/AAM license with attribution and VoR DOI links; derivative corpora containing expressive content must follow the applicable ShareAlike terms where relevant.
- Access: respect robots.txt/rate limits; do not circumvent access controls. Bulk access may be provided via Urania APIs or datasets on request.
- Intermediate copies: allowed for research.
- Outputs: sharing permitted; cite VoR DOIs and the applicable license.
- Suspension: Urania may suspend access for abuse; previously granted CC rights remain for lawful copies.
Exceptions & Additional Permissions
- Commercial reuse: permitted under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
- Uses outside the license: for uses that do not comply with the CC BY-SA 4.0 terms (e.g., creating proprietary/closed-source derivatives without the ShareAlike provision), users must obtain written permission directly from the copyright holders (authors).
- Translations & adaptations: permitted under the VoR’s CC BY-SA 4.0 with attribution and ShareAlike; include the VoR DOI link; permitted adaptations are not duplicate journal publications.
7) Third-Party Content
Some figures/tables may carry different licenses or require permission. Users must follow the credit lines and obtain any additional permissions.
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