Intellectual Property and Authors’ Rights
The journal supports the lawful dissemination of scholarly work while respecting authors’ rights, third-party intellectual property, and the integrity of the scientific record.
- Published open-access content should clearly display the applicable copyright statement and reuse license. The sample journal article bears the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits sharing and adaptation with appropriate attribution.
- Authors must confirm that their submission is original, is not under simultaneous consideration by another journal, and does not infringe any third-party rights.
- Authors are responsible for obtaining written permission for copyrighted figures, tables, images, or substantial material not covered by an appropriate reuse license.
- Any future reuse or republication must acknowledge the original article, authors, journal, and DOI, where available.
- Copyright ownership, licensing commitments, and the journal’s right of first publication should be specified explicitly in the author agreement.
