The journal's open access editorial policy is based on the recommendations and standards of the Budapest Open Access Initiative.
The journal uses the concept of "open access" as defined in the official documents of the Budapest Open Access Initiative.
"Open access" to peer-reviewed scientific literature means free public access on the Internet, allowing any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles, scan them for indexing, transfer them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers, except those associated with the user's personal access to the Internet. The only restriction on the reproduction and distribution of materials is compliance with copyright in this area, which provides for the author's ability to control the integrity of his work, proper acknowledgment of his copyright, and citation.
The journal aims to promote global open access to scientific information and research. The publisher provides readers, scholars and institutions with free online access to all published materials (e.g. for linking to the content or downloading, distribution, printing, copying and reproduction in any medium, except for modification of the content or for commercial use) under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 International Public License (CC BY-NC). The license is valid provided that the original work is cited. The use of published materials for commercial purposes requires the written permission of the Publisher.
The journal provides immediate open access to all published materials, which makes research results freely available to the public and contributes to the global exchange of knowledge, which means that:
every Internet user has free and unrestricted access to the full text of articles published in the journal; manuscripts are freely available without subscription or financial barriers;
after publication, all materials are immediately available online (without long waiting times).
