Copyright Policy

Authors retain the copyright to their published work, unless otherwise agreed in writing.

Unless a different licence is clearly indicated for a particular article, articles published in the journal are made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. This licence permits others to read, download, copy, distribute, share, adapt, and build upon the published work, including for commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s), the article is properly cited, and any changes made to the original work are clearly indicated.

The use of third-party materials, including photographs, figures, tables, datasets, or other copyrighted materials, remains subject to the rights and permissions associated with those materials. Where such materials are not covered by the article’s Creative Commons licence, the relevant restrictions will be clearly identified.