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General provisions

The journal provides open dissemination of published materials while observing copyright and the licensing terms established for journal publications.

By submitting a manuscript, the author confirms that they hold the necessary rights in the material and are entitled to submit it for consideration and subsequent publication.

Creative Commons license

Published materials are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

The license permits copying, distribution, adaptation, and other use of the material provided that authorship, the source of publication, and a link to the license terms are properly indicated.

Attribution

When reusing published material, the authors, article title, journal name, and the DOI once assigned must be correctly cited.

Third-party materials

If a manuscript contains images, tables, text excerpts, scales, instruments, or other materials owned by third parties, the author is responsible for obtaining the necessary permissions for their use.

The source of borrowed material must be indicated in accordance with scholarly citation requirements and the rights holder’s terms.

Author version and distribution

After publication, the author may distribute the published version under CC BY 4.0, including deposit in institutional and subject repositories, personal scholarly profiles, and other resources.

When doing so, authors are encouraged to use a full bibliographic citation of the journal publication and the article DOI.

Author responsibility

The author is responsible for respecting third-party rights, the accuracy of authorship information, and the lawful use of materials included in the manuscript.

Publication terms

Specific terms for granting rights to the publisher and the publication procedure may also be set out in the author or publisher agreement used by the journal.