Copyright & Licensing

1. Copyright Ownership

Authors who submit manuscripts to Animal BioSphere retain the copyright to their work. By submitting a manuscript, authors grant Animal BioSphere the right to publish the work under specific terms and conditions.

2. Licensing Terms

Animal BioSphere publishes articles under a CC BY NC Creative Commons license. For details, visit: CC BY NC License.

Under the CC BY NC license, readers are free to:

  • Share and distribute the work in any medium or format.
  • Adapt, remix, transform, and build upon the work for any purpose, even commercially.
  • Give appropriate credit to the original author(s) by providing a proper attribution.

3. Attribution Requirements

When reusing or adapting content from Animal BioSphere, users must provide appropriate attribution to the original source, including the author(s), article title, journal name Animal BioSphere, volume, issue, publication date, and a link to the original work.

4. Non-Commercial Use

The CC BY NC license allows for non-commercial use of the work, meaning that third parties can use the content for non-commercial purposes, provided they give proper attribution.

5. Alternative Licensing

In some cases, authors may request alternative licensing arrangements, such as a Creative Commons Attribution-Commercial (CC BY) license.

Authors should discuss licensing preferences with the journal during the submission process.

6. Third-Party Content

Authors are responsible for ensuring that any third-party content used in their manuscripts, such as images, figures, or data, complies with copyright and licensing requirements.

Proper permissions and attributions should be obtained for such content.

7. Accessibility and Open Access

Animal BioSphere is committed to open access publishing, ensuring that research articles are freely accessible to readers and researchers worldwide.

Open access supports the dissemination of knowledge and the advancement of science.

8. Archiving and Preservation

Animal BioSphere may archive and preserve published content in digital repositories and databases to ensure long-term access and availability.

9. Reproduction and Distribution

Readers and users of Animal BioSphere content are encouraged to share and distribute articles, provided they adhere to the licensing terms and provide proper attribution.

10. Author Responsibility

  • Authors are responsible for understanding and complying with Animal BioSphere's copyright and licensing policies.
  • Authors are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the specific terms of the Creative Commons license selected for their work.

11. License Variations

Animal BioSphere may consider variations of the CC BY license on a case-by-case basis if authors have specific licensing requirements.

This Copyright and Licensing policy aims to balance the protection of authors' intellectual property rights with the goal of maximizing the dissemination and impact of research published in Animal BioSphere. It encourages the responsible use and sharing of scholarly content while giving credit to authors for their contributions.

Authors and users are encouraged to consult the specific licensing information provided with each article published in Animal BioSphere.