Open Access Policy

OPEN ACCESS POLICY

This journal provides immediate free access to its content under the principle of making research freely available to the public, which fosters a greater exchange of global knowledge. For this reason, readers do not pay for access to published material.

The journal does not charge the author for publication at any stage of the editing, layout, and publication process.

The Creative Commons Attribution License used in published submissions is:

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

YOU ARE FREE TO:
■ Share - copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
■ Adapt - remix, remix, transform and build upon the material

The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the terms of the license.

■ Attribution - You must give proper credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes have been made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in such a way as to suggest that you or your use is supported by the licensor.
■ NonCommercial - You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
■ ShareAlike - If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contribution under the same license as the original.
■ No additional restrictions - You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from making any use permitted by the license.

With respect to self-archiving, the journal does not permit disclosure of preprints or postprints prior to final design.