Open access policy

This journal is an open access journal and adheres to the open access definition of the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). Accordingly, all its content is freely and immediately available, without charge to users or their institutions.

Users are permitted to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles, crawl them for indexing purposes, process them as data for software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without requesting prior permission.

All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). This license permits use, distribution, reproduction, and adaptation of the material in any medium or format, including for commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given to the authors and the original source of publication. No additional restrictions apply beyond those specified in the license.

This license applies to all articles published since the journal’s first issue in June 2023.

This policy complies with the open access definition established by the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI).

The journal provides immediate open access to all its content, which is available online without an embargo period, without registration requirements, and without submission, editorial processing, or publication fees, including Article Processing Charges (APCs).