Ex Animo Policies

Open Access Policy

In keeping with the mission of Ex Animo, this journal 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. 

Copyright Policies

We use and require that authors grant to the public a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly cited. Click here to view a copy of this license or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA. The author retains full copyright ownership for works published in Ex Animo.

For more information about the legal code of the Attribution 4.0 International Creative Commons license, click here.  

Ex Animo uses Scholars’ Bank as our archiving system. Authors who submit their research to Scholars’ Bank retain their copyright unless they explicitly give it away to a third party. The University of Oregon Libraries does not seek nor claim copyright on work submitted to Scholars’ Bank. The Libraries ask authors to agree to a non-exclusive distribution license, which means that authors may make copies of their work available on other sites or formally publish their work without obtaining permission from the Libraries.

Ethics Policies

Ex Animo subscribes to the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). The journal may use plagiarism detection software to screen submissions. If plagiarism is identified, the COPE guidelines on plagiarism will be followed. While double submissions are allowed, if a submission is published elsewhere, Ex Animo must be informed and the submission will no longer be reviewed or considered for publication. 

Privacy Statement 

Names and email addresses entered in the Ex Animo site are used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party. Users consent to receive communication from Ex Animo for the stated purposes of the journal.