Copyright & License

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
Copyright Notice

The authors retain the copyright of their work, granting the journal the right of first publication under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0). This license allows others to share, copy, adapt, and redistribute the material in any medium or format, even for commercial purposes, provided proper attribution is given to the original authors and the source.

License Terms
Attribution (BY):

Users must give appropriate credit to the authors, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.

No Additional Restrictions:

Users may not apply legal terms or technological measures that restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

Allows users to: distribute and copy the article; create extracts, abstracts, and other revised versions, adaptations or derivative works of or from an article (such as a translation); include in a collective work (such as an anthology); and text or data mine the article.

These uses are permitted even for commercial purposes, provided the user: gives appropriate credit to the author(s) (with a link to the formal publication through the relevant DOI); includes a link to the license; indicates if changes were made; and does not represent the author(s) as endorsing the adaptation of the article or modify the article in such a way as to damage the authors' honor or reputation.

User Rights and Permissions:

Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.

Free Access: No subscription fees or paywalls - knowledge should be accessible to all