Copyright Policy

1. Copyright Ownership

Authors retain copyright of their original scholarly works published in APLIKATIF. Publication in the journal does not transfer copyright ownership to the journal or publisher. The respective authors remain the copyright holders of their published articles.

Copyright ownership is identified in the copyright statement accompanying each published article.

2. Right of First Publication

Upon acceptance for publication, authors grant APLIKATIF a non-exclusive right of first publication, allowing the journal to publish, reproduce, distribute, and disseminate the final published version of their work.

This arrangement does not transfer copyright ownership to the journal. Authors retain the right to reuse, share, and distribute their work in accordance with the applicable Creative Commons license.

3. Open Access Licensing

All articles published in APLIKATIF are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) .

This license permits users to copy, redistribute, adapt, translate, and reuse published materials for academic, educational, and commercial purposes, provided that appropriate attribution is given, modifications are indicated, and adaptations are distributed under the same or a compatible license.

Detailed licensing provisions are available in the Journal License .

4. Author Rights and Reuse

Authors retain the right to use and distribute their published work without requesting additional permission from the journal, subject to applicable third-party rights and license conditions.

Authors may enter into separate, additional non-exclusive distribution arrangements, including:

• Depositing published articles in institutional or subject-based repositories.
• Sharing articles through personal or institutional websites.
• Reusing published work in books, teaching materials, and subsequent scholarly publications.
• Distributing articles through academic and professional scholarly platforms.

When redistributing published articles, authors should acknowledge APLIKATIF as the original publication venue and provide the article's DOI or permanent URL whenever available.

5. Self-Archiving Policy

APLIKATIF supports author self-archiving and encourages authors to make their research widely accessible through institutional repositories, disciplinary repositories, and other scholarly platforms.

Authors are permitted to archive and share the following versions of their manuscripts:

• Preprint: The original manuscript before peer review, which may be shared before or during submission.
• Accepted Manuscript: The manuscript accepted for publication following peer review and editorial revisions.
• Published Version of Record: The final published article, including the journal's official formatting and bibliographic details.

APLIKATIF does not impose an embargo period on the self-archiving of these manuscript versions. For the published version, authors should include appropriate acknowledgment of the original publication and a link to the article.

6. Third-Party Copyright

Authors are responsible for ensuring that all third-party copyrighted materials included in their manuscripts are used with appropriate permission or under applicable legal exceptions.

Any materials subject to separate copyright or licensing conditions must be clearly identified. Such materials are not automatically covered by the article's CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

7. Related Policies

This Copyright Policy should be read together with the journal's Open Access Policy and Journal License .