Copyright and Licensing

This page explains copyright ownership and the license applied to journal content.

Copyright

Copyright in scientific articles published by the journal remains with the author(s). The journal does not claim ownership of the authors’ copyright.

Authors may use their work, republish it, or archive it in repositories. Any subsequent publication must acknowledge that the work was first published in this journal.

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

The journal publishes its content under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

The license permits users to:

  • copy and distribute the material;
  • adapt and transform the material;
  • use the material for commercial purposes;
  • exercise these rights when proper attribution to the author(s) and the journal is provided.

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