Copyright and License

Copyright Policy
Authors retain copyright of their published work in this journal. The journal only requires the right of first publication. Authors are free to disseminate and reuse their articles for scholarly purposes (e.g., teaching, future publications, institutional repositories) with proper citation of the original publication in this journal.

License Policy
All articles in this journal are published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).
This license allows others to copy, distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the work for non-commercial purposes, provided the original author and source are properly credited.

Authors grant the publisher the right to publish the article and identify itself as the original publisher. Users are free to:

  • Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format

  • Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for non-commercial purposes

As long as they follow the license terms:

  • Attribution must be given to the original authors and the journal.

  • NonCommercial use only — the material cannot be used for commercial purposes.