How to sign your article license on

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ENTER FUNDER(S)AND AFFILIATION(S)MAKE OPEN ACCESSAND LICENSE CHOICESSIGN LICENSE AND
GET CONFIRMATION

Log in to wileyauthors.com and go to My Articles

STEP

1

Initiate License Signing

Look for your article, then click
Manage Article.

Under Required Actions, click
Sign License.

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2

Confirm Funder(s)If you have no funding, please tick
"I did not receive funding forthis article"

Start typing to search for yourfunder and select it from the drop
down below. If you provided thisinformation during manuscript
submission, you will be asked toconfirm your funder(s) insteadEnter the Grant Number and
Grant Recipient for yourfunding. Grant Number is arequired field. You can add
multiple grants for each funderIf you have no Grant Number,please tick "I have notreceived a number for thisgrant"

Once you have entered all
your funding details, click
Confirm & proceed

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3Confirm Affiliation(s)If you have no affiliations, pleasetick "I am not affiliated with any
institution, company, oruniversity for this article"

Start typing to search for yourinstitution and select from thedrop down list. If you provided thisinformation during manuscript
submission, you will be asked toconfirm your affiliation(s) instead

You can edit, add, or
remove institutions

Once you have added allof your affiliations, click
Confirm & proceed

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4

Select Copyright Ownership

Select ownership type.
This will tell us if you areauthorized to sign thisform or you need toobtain another signaturein order to legally transfer
or retain copyright"Contributor-ownedwork" is the mostcommon for those
employed by universities,
hospitals, etc.
Some options may
require you to download,
sign and upload a license

Click Confirm & proceed

STEP5Make Open Access Choice and Select License Type

Depending on youraffiliation, your article
publication charge may
be eligible to be coveredby your institution.

Some journals have theoption to make yourarticle open accessthrough OnlineOpen.
Click Yes, make myarticle OnlineOpen
if you would like tochoose this option

If you chose to makeyour article open
access, read throughthe table of license
options and choosewhich license is rightfor you, thenclick Confirm

CONFIRM FUNDER(S)AND AFFILIATION(S)STEP6

SIGN LICENSE

Sign your License Online

Read the license

Tick the box to agree

Type your name intothe box

Click Submit

CONFIRMATION

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6

Sign your License Offline

If you chose a copyrightownership during the licensesigning process that requires you
to download, sign and upload thelicense, you will see this screen

Download and print yourlicense – information is
included about why you needto sign the license offline.
Have the appropriatecopyright owner sign, thenreturn here to upload it.

Drag and drop your files
into the upload window or
Click to upload to selectfrom your computer

Use the arrows so the license
files appear in the correct
order or click the x symbols
to delete themOnce completed, click Submit License

To ensure your license is approvedby the Journal Production Editor,
make sure:• the license has been signed• the correct license document(s)have been uploaded• the license has not beenannotated in any way

STEP7

Confirmation
If you signed the license online, a copy will be sent to your email
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