Licensing Policy
OPEN ACCESS & LICENSING
Creative Commons Licence
CC BY
Attribution — Creative Commons BY 4.0
Articles published in this journal are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License .
The CC BY 4.0 License allows anyone to read, download, copy, share, distribute, print, search, link to, and reuse the published work. Users may also adapt, translate, modify, remix, and build upon the work, including for commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and source.
What the CC BY 4.0 Licence Permits
✓ Sharing and redistribution — the work may be copied, shared, distributed and communicated to others.
✓ Adaptation — users may adapt, translate, modify, remix and build upon the published work.
✓ Commercial use — reuse is permitted for commercial as well as non-commercial purposes.
✓ Attribution — appropriate credit must be given to the original author(s) and source.
Attribution and Reuse Requirements
When reusing or adapting an article, users should provide appropriate attribution by identifying the author(s), article title, journal, publication details, and DOI where available .
Users should provide a link to the CC BY 4.0 License and clearly indicate whether any changes were made to the original work.
If someone reuses or adapts an article, they must give proper credit, but that credit must not make it look as though the journal or the original author approves of the new or reused work.
Open Access Availability
The journal makes its published articles freely accessible online without subscription fees, article access charges, or other reader-access restrictions. Readers and their institutions may access and use the published content without seeking prior permission from the journal or the authors, provided that the terms of the CC BY 4.0 License are followed.
Third-Party Material
The licence applies to material published by the journal unless an article or a specific item within an article contains a separate copyright or licensing statement . Third-party material identified as being subject to separate rights may require permission from the respective copyright holder before reuse.
Open Access Principle
This open-access policy follows the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) by making scholarly research freely available for lawful access and reuse, subject to proper attribution and applicable copyright conditions.
