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.
🔹 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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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.
✔ 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.
✔ 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.
✔ 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 after Peer Review, but before Layout Formatting): ✅ Allowed – May be deposited in institutional repositories, personal websites, ResearchGate, or Academia.edu.
🔹 Published Version (Final PDF as it appears in the journal): ✅ Allowed – Final journal PDF can be deposited under CC BY 4.0 in institutional or subject repositories.
🔹 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 after Peer Review, but before Layout Formatting): ✅ Allowed – May be deposited in institutional repositories, personal websites, ResearchGate, or Academia.edu.
🔹 Published Version (Final PDF as it appears in the journal): ✅ 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.
✔ 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]."
"This is the accepted/published version of the article: [Full Citation], originally published in Bionatura Journal. DOI: [insert DOI]."
Recommended Repositories:
📌 Institutional repositories (university digital libraries)
📌 Subject-based repositories (PubMed Central, arXiv, bioRxiv)
📌 General repositories (Zenodo, ResearchGate, Academia.edu)
📌 Institutional repositories (university digital libraries)
📌 Subject-based repositories (PubMed Central, arXiv, bioRxiv)
📌 General repositories (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
🔹 Partner repositories
🔹 The journal’s official website
🔹 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
✔ Ethical & high-quality open-access publishing standards
✔ DOAJ Principles of Transparency and Best Practices in Scholarly Publishing
✔ Ethical & high-quality open-access publishing standards
For any questions regarding our Open Access & Licensing Policy, contact:
📧 editor@bionaturajournal.com
📧 editor@bionaturajournal.com