Open Access and Copyright

Sapiens Scientific Evolution is an international open-access scholarly journal committed to the free, immediate, and permanent dissemination of scientific knowledge related to sustainability, socioecological systems, territorial development, governance, resilience, and innovation for sustainable development.

The journal operates under a Diamond Open Access model, ensuring that all published content is freely available to readers worldwide without economic, technical, or geographic barriers to access, reading, downloading, sharing, distribution, or reuse, subject to the terms of the applicable license.

No subscription, registration, or payment is required to access the journal’s published content.

Publication License

All articles published in Sapiens Scientific Evolution are distributed under the following license:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

This license promotes the widest possible dissemination, visibility, reuse, and impact of published scientific knowledge.

Full license text:

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

User Rights

Under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license, users are free to:

  • Read and access published content.
  • Download, copy, and share articles.
  • Redistribute the material in any medium or format.
  • Adapt, transform, translate, and build upon the published work.
  • Use the content for academic, scientific, educational, professional, or commercial purposes.
  • Deposit articles in repositories, academic platforms, digital libraries, and scientific information systems.

These freedoms are granted permanently, provided that the attribution requirements specified by the license are respected.

Conditions for Reuse

Any reuse of published content must include:

  • Appropriate credit to the author(s).
  • Citation of the original publication.
  • Full bibliographic reference to the article.
  • Inclusion of the DOI whenever available.
  • Indication of the CC BY 4.0 license.
  • Clear identification of any modifications made to the original work.

Attribution must be provided in a reasonable manner and must not imply endorsement or approval by the authors or the journal of the reuse in question.

Copyright

Authors retain full copyright ownership of their work before, during, and after publication.

By accepting publication, authors grant Sapiens Scientific Evolution a non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, worldwide license to:

  • Publish the article for the first time.
  • Edit and produce the final published version.
  • Reproduce, distribute, and publicly communicate the work.
  • Include the article in indexing systems, repositories, databases, and scholarly dissemination services.
  • Ensure the long-term preservation and accessibility of the publication.

This authorization extends to all materials associated with the article, including tables, figures, charts, images, and supplementary materials provided by the authors.

Self-Archiving and Repository Deposit

Sapiens Scientific Evolution actively encourages the dissemination and preservation of scientific knowledge.

Authors may freely deposit and share:

  • Preprint versions.
  • Accepted manuscripts (postprints).
  • The final published version of record.

Articles may be deposited in:

  • Institutional repositories.
  • Subject-specific repositories.
  • National and international repositories.
  • Academic and scientific networks.
  • Personal websites.
  • Research-sharing platforms.
  • Institutional portals.

Authors are encouraged to include the complete citation of the original publication and the corresponding DOI whenever available.

Persistent Identification

All articles published in Sapiens Scientific Evolution receive a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), ensuring permanent identification, discoverability, accessibility, and accurate citation within the international scholarly communication ecosystem.

The journal strongly recommends the use of the official DOI whenever articles are cited, shared, deposited, or reused.

Final Statement

Sapiens Scientific Evolution reaffirms its commitment to open access, the protection of intellectual authorship, the global dissemination of scientific knowledge, and the removal of barriers to research accessibility.

The journal promotes open, inclusive, and responsible scholarly communication, supporting the circulation, reuse, and long-term preservation of knowledge generated by the international academic community.