Open access policy and terms of use of copyrighted works
The journal's open-access editorial policy is based on the Budapest Open Access Initiative's (BOAI) recommendations and standards.
The journal adheres to the BOAI's definition of Open Access.
Open access to peer-reviewed scientific literature means free public access online, allowing users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to, scan for indexing, transfer as data to software, or use the full texts of articles for any lawful purpose without financial, legal, or technical barriers except those associated with personal Internet access. The only restrictions on the reproduction and distribution of materials are those associated with copyright law, which allows authors to control the integrity of their work and ensures proper acknowledgment and citation of their copyright.
The journal aims to promote global open access to scientific information and research. Under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 International Public License (CC BY-NC), the publisher provides readers, scholars, and institutions with free online access to all published materials (e.g., for linking to the content, downloading, distributing, printing, copying, and reproducing in any medium, except modifying the content or using it for commercial purposes). This license is valid provided that the original work is cited. Any use of published materials for commercial purposes requires written permission from the publisher.