Copyright and Reprint Rights

The German Journal of Sports Medicine (GJSM) permits the use of material, such as prints, figures, tables for scientific and non-commercial objectives.

Copyright declarations will be handed over by the editorial office. To make a request, please write an email to: editor@germanjournalsportsmedicine.com by sending followin information:

  • Article information (Authors, title, volume number, issue number, pages and DOI
  • Link to article on GJSM website
  • Purpose of reprint (address, link, description)
  • Full name and address of requester

 

The use of the material is subject to the conditions:

  1. The complete copyright of the materials being used remains property of the GJSM or the sponsor of the GJSM: “Verein zur Förderung der Sportmedizin (Association for the Promotion of Sports Medicine)”. (Link to VFSM website).
  2. Changes in the text or its contents must be approved by the GJSM and the author(s).
  3. The source of the material being used must be mentiond: volume number, issue number, publication year, page number and copyright permission.
  4. For electronic documents, a link must be established to the website of the GJSM.
  5. A complimentary copy must be made available to the editorial office.

 

Example of a Copyright notice

Unaltered illustrations, tables or text passages:

  • “Printed with authorization from: Author. Title. Dtsch Z Sportmed. Year; Issue No: Page No. - Page No.”

Altered illustrations, tables or text passages:

  • “Revised with authorization from: Author. Title. Dtsch Z Sportmed. Year; Issue No: Page No. - Page No.”

Longer excerpts from the article or the entire article:

  • “Printed with authorization from the authors and the Deutschen Zeitschrift für Sportmedizin, from: Author. Title. Dtsch Z Sportmed. Year; Issue No: Page No. - Page No.”

Copyright of pictures in own publications

By using images and figures in submission in the German Journal of Sports Medicine (GJSM), authors accept the journal´s copyright policies.

If your pictures and figures display other people, a copyright declaration signed by those is necessary. Please upload following file with your submission, using one file per displayed person.

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