Copyright and Licensing Policy

Copyright Policy
The copyright for any article published in Journal of Plant Biota is retained by the author(s).
In accordance with our licensing policy, authors grant third parties the right to use the article while preserving its integrity. It is essential that the authors, citation details, and the publisher are appropriately identified in any such use.

Publishing Rights
Journal of Plant Biota permits authors to retain unrestricted publishing rights. Authors, by granting a license, allow Plants Science Archives to publish the article and acknowledge it as the original publisher.

Licensing Policy

As an open-access Journal of Plant Biota Journal follows the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License which states that:
You are free to:

  • Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
  • Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.
  • Under the following terms:
    Attribution— You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • No additional restrictions— You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

    Self-Archiving Policy

    Authors are allowed to archive their articles in open access repositories as “pre-prints.”
    The journal’s copyright & self-archiving policies are classified in Sherpa Romeo.