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1. Authors can submit the final published article in any other institutional, disciplinary, or governmental repository. However, an acknowledgement must be given to the original source of publication, followed by a link inserted in the published article on the journal's/publisher’s website.
2. Bentham Open journals, indexed by PubMed Central (PMC), directly deposit the final published version of all articles to PMC immediately after publication on the journal website. In case a journal is not indexed by PubMed Central, the authors and their institutes are allowed to submit the published version of their manuscripts to PubMed Central.

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LONG-TERM ARCHIVING OF BENTHAM OPEN CONTENT

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