Open Access, Copyright, Licensing, and Reuse Policy

Last Update: 13 July, 2026 | 17:10

Open Access Policy

All Brieflands journals are fully open access. All published articles are freely and immediately available to everyone without an embargo, subscription, payment, or registration requirement.

Users may read, download, copy, share, distribute, print, search, link to, index, reuse, and adapt published articles in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Benefits of Open Access

Immediate and free access for readers worldwide
Authors retain copyright in their articles
Greater visibility, accessibility, and readership
Immediate sharing through websites and repositories
Broader educational, scientific, and commercial reuse
Long-term accessibility and digital preservation

Copyright Policy

Authors retain copyright in their articles. Copyright is not transferred to Brieflands or the journal.

Upon acceptance, the Author(s) grant Brieflands the non-exclusive right of first publication and a worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to copyedit, format, publish, reproduce, distribute, display, preserve, archive, index, promote, and make the Version of Record available in all formats and media.

Brieflands and the relevant journal will be identified as the original publisher of the Version of Record. These publishing rights are non-exclusive and do not transfer copyright ownership from the Author(s) to Brieflands.

Creative Commons License

All Brieflands articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Under CC BY 4.0, users may copy, share, distribute, display, adapt, remix, transform, and build upon the article for any lawful purpose, including commercial use, provided that:

Appropriate credit is given to the Author(s).
The original article and source are properly cited.
A link to the CC BY 4.0 license is provided.
Any changes made to the original material are clearly indicated.
No additional legal or technological restrictions are imposed.

The CC BY 4.0 license cannot be revoked for existing uses as long as users comply with its terms.

The applicable copyright holder and license are displayed on the HTML and PDF versions of every published article.

Reuse and Permissions

No separate permission, license fee, or royalty payment is required for any use permitted under CC BY 4.0. This includes reuse of the full article, PDF, text, figures, tables, and other article content covered by the license.

Additional permission may be required only for third-party material that is expressly identified as excluded from the article’s CC BY 4.0 license. Users should review the relevant credit line or copyright notice before reusing third-party material.

Ordering Reprints

Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) provides optional services for bulk, professionally produced, printed, electronic, or customized reprints.

Any quotation provided by CCC covers production, customization, fulfillment, and delivery services only. It does not constitute a copyright permission, license fee, or royalty payment for uses already permitted under CC BY 4.0.

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Authors’ Rights

Authors have the right to:

Retain copyright in their articles.
Receive appropriate attribution and credit for their published work.
Retain patent, trademark, and other intellectual property rights, including rights in their raw research data.
Share, reproduce, distribute, display, adapt, translate, and reuse their articles in accordance with CC BY 4.0.
Use their articles in teaching, presentations, courses, theses, dissertations, books, compilations, and future works, with proper acknowledgment of the original publication.
Immediately deposit and share the Version of Record in institutional repositories, subject repositories, personal websites, academic networks, and other platforms.
Permit commercial and non-commercial reuse of their articles under CC BY 4.0.

Repository and Scholarly Posting Policy

Authors and third parties may immediately deposit and share the Version of Record without an embargo and without obtaining permission from Brieflands.

The Version of Record may be deposited in institutional repositories, subject repositories such as PubMed Central, personal websites, academic social networks, funder repositories, and other appropriate platforms.

The deposited version should include the article title, Author(s), journal name, DOI, a link to the Version of Record published by Brieflands, and a reference or link to the CC BY 4.0 license.

Rights Granted to Brieflands

Upon acceptance, the Author(s) grant Brieflands the following non-exclusive rights:

The non-exclusive right of first publication.
The right to copyedit, format, typeset, publish, reproduce, distribute, and display the Version of Record.
The right to make the Version of Record available in HTML, PDF, XML, print, electronic, and future formats and media.
The right to preserve and archive the article and deposit it with digital preservation and indexing services.
The right to register and distribute article metadata through Crossref, indexing databases, repositories, libraries, and discovery services.
The right to identify Brieflands and the relevant journal as the original publisher of the Version of Record.
The right to maintain the integrity of the scholarly record through corrections, retractions, expressions of concern, and other appropriate post-publication notices.
Where specifically authorized by the Author(s), the right to take appropriate action against plagiarism, copyright infringement, or misrepresentation of the Version of Record.

These rights are non-exclusive. The Author(s) remain the copyright holders and may exercise their rights in accordance with CC BY 4.0.

Website Copyright

Copyright notices relating to the Brieflands website apply only to the website design, trademarks, logos, administrative content, and other publisher-owned materials. They do not override the copyright and CC BY 4.0 license displayed on published articles.