Intellectual Property

ELKOLIND respects intellectual property rights, in line with the duties of the Editor-in-Chief to apply norms and provisions on intellectual property, particularly copyright.

  • Authors keep the copyright of their articles. Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). See Copyright & Licensing.
  • Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce third-party material, such as figures, tables, photographs, and text, and for citing all sources properly.
  • Authors should disclose patents, patent applications, or proprietary restrictions related to the work that may affect its publication.
  • The use of other people's work without proper citation is plagiarism and is handled under the Plagiarism Policy.