Copyright and Licensing

Authors who publish in the journal Biota. Human. Technology retain unrestricted copyrights and publishing rights to their work and simultaneously grant the journal the right of first publication under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY) license, which allows others to share the work with recognition of authorship of the work and initial publication in this journal.

As part of the open access model, the journal provides access to its content in real time in the Archives section without payment and without restrictions on further distribution or use in any medium, provided that the author(s) and source of origin from which the quotation is taken are indicated, which complies with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY) Open Permissive License.

If the article is accepted for publication in the journal “Biology. Human. Technology”, the author must sign declaration. A scanned copy of the signed agreement is sent to the e-mail address of the journal editorial office.

With this agreement, the author certifies that the submitted material:

  • does not infringe the copyrights of other persons or organizations;
  • previously not published in other publishing houses and not submitted for publication in other publications.

The author grants to the editorial board of the journal “Biology. Human. Technology” a non-exclusive license to:

publication of the article in Ukrainian (English or Polish) in the electronic publication “Biota. Human. Technology” and distributing an electronic copy of the article by any electronic means (posting on the journal's official website, electronic databases, repositories, etc.).

Copyright

  • Authors retain copyright to their articles.
  • Authors agree to the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY) license, which allows others to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the work, provided the original authorship, article title, journal name, and the CC BY license are properly cited.

Benefits for Authors

  • Retention of copyright by authors
  • Increased visibility and citation of works through open access
  • Protection of authorship and ensuring proper attribution

It is important to remember that there is another type of agreement between authors and publishers – when copyright is transferred from the authors to the publisher. In this case, the authors lose ownership of their work and may not use it in any way. This type of agreement is not used for the journal Biota. Human. Technology.