Copyright Licensing Terms

Licensing policy

All materials published in the journal are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, which permits free reading, downloading, copying, distribution, printing, searching, and the creation of derivative works based on the published content, provided that proper attribution to the author and the original source of publication is given.

Copyright

Authors retain copyright to their works and grant the journal editorial board the right of first publication, as well as the right to distribute the published material in accordance with the terms of the specified license.

Submission of a manuscript to the journal implies that the author:

• guarantees authorship and the originality of the submitted material;
• guarantees that the manuscript does not infringe the copyright of third parties;
• agrees to the terms of open access and licensing;
• grants the editorial board the right to scientific and electronic dissemination of the publication.

Self-Archiving Policy

The journal permits and encourages self-archiving (by placing in institutional and thematic repositories):

• preprints (prior to peer review);
• postprints (after peer review);
• the publisher’s final version of the article.

Deposition is allowed without embargo, provided that the original source of publication is properly acknowledged.

The editorial board supports the principles of open science, provides free access to published materials, and adheres to international standards of publication ethics.