Copyright & Open Access

Copyright Policy

Frontiers in Research provides all online published papers (except where otherwise noted) for the free use of readers, scientists, and institutions (such as linking to the content or permission for its download, distribution, printing, copying, and reproduction in any medium), under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License, provided the original work is cited.

Authors retain copyright of their work, while granting Frontiers in Research the right to first publication under the CC BY 4.0 license.

Authors grant Frontiers in Research a license to publish the article and identify itself as the original publisher.

Using Third-Party Material

Author(s) must obtain permission to reuse third-party material in their article. The use of short extracts of text and some other types of material is usually permitted, on a limited basis, for the purposes of criticism and review without securing formal permission. If the author(s) wish to include any material in their paper for which author(s) do not hold copyright and which is not covered by this informal agreement, author(s) will need to obtain written permission from the copyright owner prior to submission.

Open Access Policy

Frontiers in Research adheres to the Budapest Open Access Initiative and defines its Open Access policy according to the definition developed in the original BOAI.

Frontiers in Research aims to promote the development of global Open Access to scientific information and research.

Frontiers in Research provides all online published papers (except where otherwise noted) for the free use of readers, scientists, and institutions (such as linking to the content or permission for its download, distribution, printing, copying, and reproduction in any medium), under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License, provided the original work is cited.

You are free to:

  • Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
  • Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.
  • The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.

Under the following terms:

  • Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.