Copyright, Licensing and Permissions

General Statement

European Scientific e-Journal supports open access publishing, author rights and responsible reuse of scholarly materials. The journal applies a copyright and licensing model that allows authors to retain copyright while permitting the journal and the publisher to publish, disseminate, archive and preserve the published work.

The policy is intended to ensure transparency for authors, readers, institutions, repositories, indexing services and other users of published materials.

Author Copyright

Authors retain copyright in their published works.

By submitting a manuscript to European Scientific e-Journal, authors confirm that they have the necessary rights to submit the work for publication and that the manuscript does not infringe the rights of third parties.

By accepting publication in European Scientific e-Journal, authors grant the journal and the publisher the right to:

• publish the article in European Scientific e-Journal;
• identify the article as first published in the journal;
• make the article available through the journal website;
• include the article in journal issues, collections, archives and repositories;
• disseminate bibliographic metadata and article information;
• preserve the article in digital archives and repository infrastructure;
• provide access to the article through indexing, abstracting and preservation services.

This publication right does not transfer copyright from the author to the publisher.

Licence Applied to Published Articles

Articles published in European Scientific e-Journal are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License , unless otherwise stated in the article record, full-text file or accompanying publication information.

Under this licence, users may copy, share, redistribute, adapt and build upon the published material in any medium or format, including for academic, educational, research and other lawful purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given.

Users must give appropriate attribution to the author(s), the article title, European Scientific e-Journal, the year of publication, the issue or collection where applicable, DOI or URL where available, and the licence information.

Users must also indicate whether changes were made. Reuse must not imply that the author(s), journal or publisher endorse the user or the user’s use of the material.

User Permissions

For materials published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, users do not need to request separate permission from the journal or publisher for lawful reuse that complies with the licence terms.

Users may:

• read and download published materials;
• copy and redistribute published materials;
• use materials in teaching, research and academic communication;
• include properly attributed materials in educational resources;
• deposit copies in institutional or subject repositories;
• translate, adapt or build upon the material, provided that attribution and licence conditions are observed.

Reuse must respect academic integrity, proper citation practice and the accuracy of the scholarly record.

Attribution Requirements

Any reuse of published material must include appropriate attribution. Recommended attribution should include:

• author name(s);
• article title;
• European Scientific e-Journal;
• year of publication;
• issue, collection or article record where applicable;
• DOI or permanent URL where available;
• statement that the work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Attribution must be clear enough to allow readers to identify the original publication.

Users must not present modified, translated, shortened or adapted versions in a way that misrepresents the original work, distorts the author’s conclusions or creates confusion about the source.

Author Self-archiving

Authors may deposit and share the published version of their article in:

• institutional repositories;
• subject repositories;
• personal websites;
• academic networking platforms;
• university or research centre websites;
• lawful digital archives;
• teaching and research materials.

When depositing or sharing the published version, authors should cite the original publication in European Scientific e-Journal and include DOI, URL and licence information where available.

Authors may also use their published articles in future scholarly works, books, teaching materials, reports or academic presentations, provided that the original publication in European Scientific e-Journal is properly acknowledged.

Third-party Materials

Authors are responsible for ensuring that any third-party materials included in their manuscripts are used lawfully and with appropriate permission where required.

Third-party materials may include images, tables, figures, photographs, maps, datasets, long quotations, archival materials, copyrighted documents or any other materials not created by the author.

If third-party material is not covered by the Creative Commons licence applied to the article, this must be clearly indicated in the article. Users who wish to reuse such material may need to obtain permission from the original rights holder.

The journal may request evidence of permission for third-party materials before publication.

Publisher Rights and Responsibilities

The European Institute for Innovation Development, as the publisher of European Scientific e-Journal, is responsible for maintaining the journal website, publication archive, metadata, repository infrastructure and access to published materials.

The publisher may distribute published articles and metadata through journal platforms, repositories, indexing services, abstracting services, preservation systems and other scholarly communication infrastructure.

The publisher must not impose additional restrictions that contradict the open access licence applied to published articles.

Permissions Requests

For materials published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, separate permission is generally not required when the intended reuse complies with the licence terms.

Users may contact the Editorial Office if they require clarification regarding:

• reuse of published materials;
• attribution format;
• third-party materials;
• repository deposit;
• translation or adaptation;
• use of journal metadata;
• institutional or educational reuse.

Permissions and licensing enquiries may be sent to the Editorial Office: pub@eiid.eu.

Restrictions and Misuse

Open access reuse does not permit misuse of published materials.

Users must not:

• misrepresent authorship;
• remove or falsify citation information;
• distort research findings;
• imply endorsement by the author(s), journal or publisher;
• use the journal title, logo or publisher identity in a misleading way;
• apply legal or technological restrictions that prevent others from exercising rights granted by the licence;
• reuse materials in a way that violates applicable law or ethical standards.

The journal and publisher may take reasonable action if published materials, metadata, journal identity or author information are misused.

Relation to Open Access Policy