Open Access Policy

SciFormat Publishing is committed to making scholarly research widely available to the public. As such, we offer a Gold Open Access option for authors who wish to make their scientific outcomes freely available online.

Gold Open Access is a type of open access publishing where authors pay a fee (Article Processing Charge (APC) or Book Processing Charge (BPC)) to make their manuscripts freely available on the publisher's website.

Books published in SciFormat Publishing will immediately be available to read, download, and reuse without restrictions.

  • Authors will be responsible for paying a Book Processing Charge (BPC) to cover the costs of publishing their book open access. The BPC for each book's manuscript will be clearly stated on our website and in our Author Guidelines.
  • Authors will be able to choose to pay the BPC at the time of acceptance or during the production process.
  • Authors will be able to apply for waivers or discounts on the BPC based on their institutional or personal financial circumstances.
  • SciFormat Publishing strives to keep the BPC as low as possible, while also ensuring that the publishing process maintains the highest standards of quality and integrity.

All books and chapters are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). Thus, authors retain copyright to the content of the books and chapters. CC BY 4.0 License allows content to be copied, adapted, displayed, distributed, republished, or otherwise re-used for any purpose including for adaptation and commercial use provided the content is attributed. Detailed information at the Creative Commons site: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

 

Self-archiving Policy

According to the Self-archiving Policy, SciFormat Publishing permits and encourages authors to deposit books and chapters submitted to the SciFormat Publishing press on personal websites or institutional repositories both prior to and after publication while providing acknowledgment that credits its publication in SciFormat Publishing:

  • for pre-print version of the books and chapters: "This is a pre-print version of the book (chapter) submitted for publication to [Title of the Book (press)] published by SciFormat Publishing";
  • for the published version of the books and chapters: "This is a published version of the book (chapter), available at SciFormat Publishing website at https://doi.org/[DOI of the book (chapter)]".