Copyright and licensing

The copyright of journal articles is retained by authors. The journal is an open access periodical within the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 license. It permits use, distribution and reproduction of articles in any medium (provided that the original work is properly cited).

The CC BY license allows for commercial and non-commercial reuse.

If authors apply previously published information (text, figures, tables, etc.), they should obtain permission for their use and republication. This should be done before submitting the paper. Permission is not required if the previously published information is not protected by copyright or is in the public domain.

Permission is required in the following cases:

  • Your paper has been published by another publisher, and you did not retain copyright.
  • Your paper includes unchanged or slightly modified tables, graphs, figures, etc.
  • Your paper includes figures, photographs or 3D models for which you do not hold the copyright.
  • If you have received permission to any of these materials, you should indicate the following: “Reproduced with permission from [author full name, source title, publisher, year].

Permission is not required in the following cases:

  • The paper includes tables, graphs, figures that were substantially modified or/and improved by authors. In this case, we strongly recommend indicating “It is modified based on…”, “It is compiled/summarised/calculated based on the data from…”.
  • If you used any part/fragment of your own previously published results. In this case, the authors should cite the relevant sources that originally published this material.
  • Short citations in the text do not require permission. However, it is important to provide corresponding references in the bibliography or reference list.

The publication consent fact is confirmed by mentioning under the used item: “Reproduced with the consent by [author’s name, source, publisher, year]”.

The journal seriously considers issues of scientific misconduct, copyright infringement, plagiarism or any other violations of the best publication practices. We focus on protecting authors’ rights and guarantee that any juridical information and questions regarding author’s right will be regulated.

Please, pay attention that authors should avoid using any form of citation manipulation. It is explained in COPE Guidelines on Citation manipulation.

Authors (co-authors) who have submitted articles must adhere to ethical principles while conducting research and writing manuscripts.

The Editorial Board is responsible for quality of published articles. It is authors who are ethically responsible for the content of each published article.

Authors guarantee that their manuscripts are original, do not violate intellectual property rights. Besides, they must not be published or submitted anywhere before.