Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to all of its content based on the principle that providing research free of charge to the public supports broader global knowledge exchange.

All articles published with open access will be immediately and permanently free to read and download by everyone. We continue to work with our author community to select the best licensing option: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Authors and readers may copy and distribute the material in any medium or format, and may modify, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, including commercial purposes, provided that they give appropriate attribution (citing the article or content), provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes have been made. If you modify, adapt, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.

Authors submitting manuscripts do so with the understanding that if accepted for publication, the Author retains full copyright.