Open Access Policy and Licensing

As from volume 57 in 2023 the Scandinavian Journal of Urology is published Open Access, and authors retain full copyright to their manuscript. Articles are then published immediately upon approval of the final proof and payment of the publication fee. All articles are assigned a DOI number (Digital Object Identifier).

Scandinavian Journal of Urology articles from 2024 are published under a Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY 4.0 license). This license permits sharing, adapting, and using the material for any purpose, including commercial use, with the condition of providing full attribution to the original publication

When publishing articles in Scandinavian Journal of Urology, the author(s) grant first publication rights to Acta Chirurgica Scandinavica. In consideration of the publication of the article, the authors grant to Scandinavian Journal of Urology the licence to 1) publish, reproduce, distribute, display and store the article worldwide in all forms, formats and media now known or as developed in the future, including print, electronic and digital forms, and 2) to translate the article into other languages, create adaptations, summaries or extracts of the article. Please note that authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission for reproducing copyrighted material from other sources.