Copyright Statement

The Parthenon Frontiers

All journals published under The Parthenon Frontiers operate under an open-access publishing model that allows the free and global dissemination of scientific knowledge. To ensure transparency and author rights protection, the following copyright terms apply to all published content.

1. Copyright Ownership

Authors retain the copyright and full publishing rights to their scholarly work. Upon acceptance, authors grant The Parthenon Frontiers Publishing Consortium a non-exclusive license to publish, archive, and distribute their work under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

This means that while the journal publishes and indexes the article, the authors remain the legal owners of their intellectual property.

2. Licensing Terms (CC BY 4.0)

All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Under this license:

Readers are free to share (copy and redistribute) and adapt (remix, transform, and build upon) the material for any purpose, including commercial use.
Appropriate credit must be given to the original author(s) and the source (journal name, volume, issue, and DOI).
A link to the Creative Commons license must be provided.
Indication of any changes made to the original work must be stated.

Full License Text: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

3. Author Rights

By publishing with The Parthenon Frontiers, authors have the right to:

Retain copyright of their work.
Reuse their content in books, teaching materials, theses, or institutional repositories.
Deposit preprints or postprints of the article in open repositories, with acknowledgment to the published source.
Share their published work publicly for non-commercial purposes.

Authors are encouraged to cite the original publication as follows:

“This article was originally published in [Journal Name], under The Parthenon Frontiers Publishing Consortium, licensed under CC BY 4.0.”

4. Publisher Rights

The Parthenon Frontiers Publishing Consortium retains the right to:

Publish, distribute, and promote the article in any medium.
Archive all published articles in its official repository and partner indexing databases.
Assign and maintain Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) for all published works.

The publisher also ensures the long-term preservation and accessibility of all articles through indexing, metadata registration, and backup systems.

5. Third-Party Content

If the manuscript contains figures, tables, images, or content from other sources, it is the author’s responsibility to obtain prior permission and provide proper acknowledgment. Failure to secure such permissions may lead to delays or withdrawal of the manuscript.

6. Disclaimer

The views and opinions expressed in the published articles are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the editors or the publisher.
The publisher shall not be held responsible for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of information contained in the published works.

License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Publisher: The Parthenon Frontiers
Email: editor@parthenonfrontiers.com
Website: www.parthenonfrontiers.com