Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Key Provisions:

• Free Access: All articles published are available on the internet to all users immediately upon publication. 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, in accordance with the BOAI (Budapest Open Access Initiative) definition of open access.

   

• Licensing: Articles published in this journal are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). This permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the work, even commercially, as long as they credit the author for the original creation.

• Copyright: Authors retain the copyright to their work without restrictions.

• No Subscription Fees: This journal does not charge readers or institutions for access to the articles (no paywalls or subscription fees).