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OPEN ACCESS POLICY - Bionatura journal

Open Access & Licensing Policy

Open Access Statement

BioNatura Journal is an open-access journal, ensuring that all its content is freely accessible to users and institutions worldwide. We believe that unrestricted access to research fosters a greater global exchange of knowledge and innovation.

  • No Paywalls or Embargo Periods → All articles are immediately available upon publication.
  • No Subscription Fees → Readers can read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to full-text articles without prior permission, provided proper credit is given.

License & Copyright

All articles in BioNatura Journal are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Under this license, you are free to:

Share – Copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format, even for commercial purposes.
Adapt – Remix, transform, and build upon the material, even for commercial use.

Conditions for use:

  • Attribution Required → You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. This must be done without suggesting endorsement by the journal.

For full details, visit: Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 Deed.

Author Rights & Copyright Retention

  • Authors retain full copyright over their published work.
  • By submitting to BioNatura Journal, authors agree to the CC BY 4.0 license terms.
  • Authors may self-archive their articles in institutional or subject repositories without embargo.

Repository & Self-Archiving Policy

BioNatura Journal encourages authors to deposit their work in institutional, subject-based, or general repositories to maximize research visibility. The journal follows SHERPA/RoMEO guidelines and allows authors to self-archive as follows:

Permitted Versions for Self-Archiving:

  • Preprint (Before Peer Review): ✅ Allowed – Authors may share their original manuscript before peer review in repositories like arXiv, bioRxiv, or institutional repositories.
  • Postprint (Accepted Manuscript): ✅ Allowed – May be deposited in institutional repositories, personal websites, ResearchGate, or Academia.edu.
  • Published Version (Final PDF): ✅ Allowed – Final journal PDF can be deposited under CC BY 4.0 in institutional or subject repositories.

Conditions for Depositing:

  • Authors must include a full citation and DOI link to the original article published in BioNatura Journal.
  • The journal version (final PDF) must retain original formatting, logo, and license information.
  • Institutional repositories must acknowledge the article’s original publication in BioNatura Journal.

Example Citation for Depositing:

"This is the accepted/published version of the article: [Full Citation], originally published in BioNatura Journal. DOI: [insert DOI]."

Recommended Repositories:

Institutional repositories PubMed Central arXiv bioRxiv Zenodo ResearchGate Academia.edu

Indexing & Archiving

To ensure long-term availability and accessibility of published research, BioNatura Journal is indexed in various academic databases and follows digital archiving policies. All published articles are permanently stored and accessible via the journal’s official website and partner repositories.

For more details, visit: Bionatura Archiving Policy.

Policy Compliance

BioNatura Journal adheres to DOAJ Principles of Transparency and Best Practices in Scholarly Publishing and ethical & high-quality open-access publishing standards.

For any questions regarding our Open Access & Licensing Policy, contact:
editor@bionaturajournal.com

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