Scope

• These Business Terms and Conditions apply to the purchase concluded through the website and all subdomains (hereinafter referred to as “Website”) or through related e-mail communication, and to all related services provided by us (hereinafter referred to as “SPER”).
• Any user of the website or buyer of services shall be referred to as “Customer” throughout these Terms and Conditions.
• Any business terms by the Customer which diverge from these Terms and Conditions shall not apply, unless expressly confirmed by SPER in written form.

Offering of SPER

• SPER offers scientific publication, market research reports and editorial services, which can be ordered by the Customer through the Website.

Manuscript and Copyright Issues

• If material from other publications is reproduced in your manuscript, please provide proof that you have obtained the necessary copyright permission.
• Your manuscript is accepted for processing on the understanding that it has not been published elsewhere (or submitted to another journal). Exceptions to this rule are papers containing material disclosed at conferences, however please inform us if this is the case. For papers with multiple authors, please also confirm that all authors are familiar with, and agree with, the contents of the manuscript. We reserve the right to contact all authors to confirm this in case of doubt. Please provide e-mail addresses for all authors and at least one institutional email address for one of the co-authors, and specify the name, address and E-mail for invoicing purposes.

Ordering and Purchasing of Services from SPER

• To order a publication service through the Website, the Customer must first register with the Website.
• The requirements for registering with the Website are that the Customer is of full age and has full legal capacity.
• The Customer asks for contracting publication and editorial services with SPER the moment she/he submits an original scientific article (“Article”) for evaluation through peer-review and possible publication by SPER.
• The Customer agrees to support open access publishing, which allows unlimited access to his/her published paper. In addition, the Customer agrees to the article processing charge (APC) and is bound to pay the APC after acceptance of the paper for publication.

Contract Document

• SPER makes no provision for a separate contract document based on these Terms and Conditions. However, the Customer may check at any time the ordered services and status of the Article through her/his personal account on the Website.