Copyright & Open Access Policy

Copyright Policy

Authors retain copyright of their work while granting Culture, Education, and Future (CEF) a non-exclusive, irrevocable license to publish, distribute, and communicate articles worldwide under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License.

All published papers are freely available to readers, scientists, and institutions for linking, downloading, distribution, printing, copying, reproduction in any medium, including adaptation of content and commercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. No written permission is required from the editorial board for commercial use or content adaptation, as long as the terms of the CC BY 4.0 License are followed.

Using Third-Party Material

Author(s) must obtain the necessary permission to reuse third-party material in their article. The use of short extracts of text and some other types of material is usually permitted, on a limited basis, for the purposes of criticism and review without securing formal permission. If the author(s) wish to include any material in their paper for which they do not hold copyright and which is not covered by this informal agreement, they will need to obtain written permission from the copyright owner prior to submission.

Open Access Policy

Culture, Education, and Future (CEF) adheres to the Budapest Open Access Initiative and defines its Open Access policy according to the definition developed in the original BOAI.

CEF aims to promote the development of global open access to scientific information and research.

CEF provides copyrights of all online published papers (except where otherwise noted) for the free use of readers, scientists, and institutions (such as linking to the content or permission for its download, distribution, printing, copying, and reproduction in any medium, including adaptation of content and for commercial use), under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License, provided the original work is cited.

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.
  • The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.

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.