Intellectual property and copyright policy

Intellectual Property and Copyright Policy

The Portal de la Ciencia journal adheres to the principles of open access, promoting the free circulation of scientific knowledge under international standards of quality, editorial ethics, and transparency.

Authors who publish in the journal retain copyright over their work at all times. However, by accepting publication, they grant the journal a non-exclusive license to edit, publish, reproduce, distribute, and publicly communicate the content in any medium or format, guaranteeing its maximum visibility and dissemination.

All published articles are under a Creative Commons license, specifically Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0), which allows third parties to share (copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format) and adapt (remix, transform, and build upon the material) for any purpose, including commercial, provided that proper credit is given to the original author, any changes made are indicated, and a link to the license is included.

The journal guarantees immediate open access to all its content, free of charge to readers and without embargo periods, in accordance with the best practices promoted by the Directory of Open Access Journals. Therefore, no technical, legal, or economic restrictions are imposed on accessing, reading, downloading, copying, distributing, printing, or using the articles.

Authors declare that submitted manuscripts are original, unpublished, and not under review by another journal. They also affirm that they do not infringe on the intellectual property rights of third parties and that they have obtained the necessary permissions for the use of any copyrighted material included in their work.

Responsibility for the published content rests solely with the authors. The journal is not responsible for any copyright infringements; however, it is committed to acting in accordance with best editorial practices should any irregularities be detected, and may proceed to correct, retract, or remove the content.

The journal allows and encourages the self-archiving of articles in institutional repositories, thematic repositories, personal pages or academic networks, both in their preprint and postprint versions and final published versions, provided that the original source of publication is properly acknowledged.