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Copyright Ownership
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License Applied
Published articles are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) .
Sharing & Visibility
Authors may disseminate their work through repositories and personal or institutional channels, provided the journal publication is properly cited.
Terms and Conditions
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Copyright and First Publication
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication. The published work is made available under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, which allows reuse with attribution, for non-commercial purposes, and requires ShareAlike for adaptations.
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Non-Exclusive Redistribution
Authors may enter into additional, non-exclusive arrangements to distribute the published version (e.g., institutional repositories, author websites, book chapters), provided that the work’s initial publication in this journal is acknowledged.
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Preprints and Self-Archiving
Authors are permitted and encouraged to share their work online before and during submission (e.g., repositories or personal websites). If shared, authors should indicate the manuscript status and, after publication, add the final journal citation and link.
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Third-Party Materials and Permissions
If the manuscript includes third-party material (e.g., figures, tables, instruments, images, or substantial text extracts) not covered by an open license or applicable exception, authors must obtain written permission and provide appropriate credit lines. Responsibility for permissions rests with the authors.
Practical meaning: reuse is allowed with attribution; reuse must be non-commercial; adaptations must use the same license; and the journal publication should be acknowledged as the original venue of publication.
Recommended Citation Practice
When Sharing or Reposting
Cite the published article in full (authors, year, title, journal title, volume, issue, page range or article number, and DOI/URL where applicable) to support accurate attribution and discoverability.
Version Clarity
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Questions
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