How to Cite Servier Medical Art
Make sure your use of SMART images follows the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).
Here’s how to credit Servier Medical Art correctly — and make the most of your visuals!
1. License Overview

All Servier Medical Art illustrations are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) →
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format, even commercially.
- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose.
Just remember to give appropriate credit.
2. How to Give Credit
Recommended attribution text:
Image(s) provided by Servier Medical Art (https://smart.servier.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
You can include this credit in your:
- Figure captions or image legends
- Acknowledgments section of your paper or thesis
- Video description or presentation slide references
3. Example Uses

Academic paper
Credit in figure caption or acknowledgments
Figure 2. Adapted from Servier Medical Art (https://smart.servier.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

Slide or thesis
Credit in figure caption or acknowledgments
Illustrations from Servier Medical Art (https://smart.servier.com), used under CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

Video
Credit in description section
Medical illustrations provided by Servier Medical Art (https://smart.servier.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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