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In addition, the Academic Advisory Board can be contacted if FAU University Press or its activities are the subject(s) of the complaint. In this case, please contact the chairperson of the Academic Advisory Board (Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Leven, karl-heinz.leven@fau.de). Both the board of FAU University Press and the Academic Advisory Board use the flowcharts and materials of COPE (https://publicationethics.org/).
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