Licensing Policy

Licensing and protecting the author rights is the main aim of the SvedbergOpen Publications. SvedbergOpen dedicates itself in making it easier for people to share and build upon the work of others while maintaining consistency with the rules of copyright. The articles published in SvedbergOpen Journals are entirely under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC-BY). This license permits user to freely share (copy, distribute and transmit) and adapt the contribution including for commercial purposes, as long as the author is properly attributed.

In submitting an article to any of the journals published by SvedbergOpen I certify that:

1. I am authorized on behalf of myself and my co-authors to enter into these arrangements.

2. I warrant, on behalf of myself and my co-authors, that:

• the article is original, has not been published in any other peer-reviewed journal, is not under consideration by any other journal and does not  infringe any existing copyright or any other third party rights;
• I/we are the sole author(s) of the article and have full rights to enter into this agreement and in granting rights to SvedbergOpen are not in breach of any other obligation;
• the article contains nothing that is unlawful, libellous, or which would, if published, constitute a breach of contract or of confidence or of commitment given to secrecy;
• I/we have taken due care to ensure the integrity of the article. To my/our currently accepted article - all statements contained in it declaring to be facts are true and any formula or instruction contained in the article, if followed accurately, will not cause any injury, illness or damage to the user.

3. I, and all co-authors, agree that the article, if editorially accepted for publication, shall be licensed under  the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC-BY).

Furthermore, we explain here clearly so as to make it understandable for Authors, Publisher, Institutions and common readers etc., as under:

• The authors reserve all major rights of the published article like proprietary and patents rights
• The publisher and the author will equally enjoy other benefits of the published article in future works of their own, such as lectures, press release, views in textbooks, periodicals, reprinting of the whole or a part of the published article.
• In the case of re-publication of the whole, part, or parts thereof, in periodicals or reprint publications by a third party, written permission must be obtained from the publisher/journal.