License Management

Fast forward the signing of licenses

License signing used to involve lots of emails, manual uploads, and lost time. With ChronosHub, you can automate the process so it takes minutes.

Once their paper has been accepted in your peer review system, ChronosHub emails authors with a magic link. This takes them to a page where they can choose their publishing option (closed or open access) and then review and sign the relevant license digitally. 

Simplify your signing flow

Let authors sign their publishing agreements directly on the platform. Zero waiting time.

Customize to your needs

Define rules for which licenses are shown, based on funder mandates or agreements.

Keep everyone in the loop

After signing, authors receive a copy and you get centralized access to all signed licenses.

Manage license changes with ease

License changes that don’t cause headaches

Want to offer one standard license but allow flexibility? Authors can request a different one, and the platform manages the entire process for you. 

Your staff gets notified automatically and can handle requests directly on the platform with a clear overview. Nothing slips through the cracks. 

Delegation when authors can’t sign

Some authors aren’t copyright holders and need someone else, such as their institution, to sign on their behalf. With license delegation, authors can easily nominate a third party without you needing to coordinate.  

The platform handles notifications and tracking and ensures that you have a record of who actually signs in the end.  

Streamline author interactions
Offer retrospective open access

Second chances for open access

Let authors change their choice of license after they’ve already signed. For example, to sign up for open access retrospectively.   

This can be useful if you’re signing an agreement later in the year and want to convert articles already published under a copyright transfer to an open access license. Or if you just want to let authors pay and sign up for OA later. 

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The market is getting more complex. There are challenges around things like open-access models and APC workflows. And ChronosHub is brilliant at helping authors identify that, in a way that makes it as painless, frictionless, and easy as possible.

Tony Roche, Chief Officer of Publishing and Strategic Relations at Emerald Publishing in a sofa talking about his experiences with ChronosHub

Tony Roche
Chief Officer Publishing & Strategic Relations at Emerald Publishing

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Make every step of the process—from manuscript upload to peer review handoff—easier for your authors. And get cleaner metadata at the end of it.

Journal Guide

Help authors find the right journal

With a branded, searchable Journal Guide, you make all your publications’ charges, agreements, and compliance details clear from the jump.

Author Billing

Put an end to billing bottlenecks 

From article processing charges (APCs) to value-added services, manage every fee in one place. The Author Billing module automates and simplifies that chaos.

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