Open Access & Copyright

Copyright Policy

Upon acceptance for publication, authors retain full copyright to their work. Authors grant FESM the non-exclusive right to publish, archive, and distribute the article in any format or medium under a CC BY 4.0 license. Authors may share or reuse their article for any lawful purpose, provided proper attribution is given to the original authors. Authors may deposit their published article in institutional repositories, personal websites, or any public database immediately upon publication (no embargo). The purpose is to align with international best practices for open-access publishing and supports maximum visibility, citation, and impact of authors’ work. It is the sole duty of authors to obtain permissions for any copyrighted materials used in their article such as figures, tables or images.

License Information (CC BY 4.0)

All articles published in FESM are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Under this license, users are permitted to:

• Share - copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format

• Adapt - remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, including commercial

Provided that:

• Appropriate credit is given

• A link to the license is included

• Indication is made of any changes made

Archiving & Digital Preservation

To ensure long-term preservation and accessibility, FESM will deposit all published articles in FESM’s digital archive and third-party indexing and archiving services as they become available (e.g., Google Scholar, PKP PN, and future Scopus/WoS.