Open Access Statement & Licensing Policy
All publications of the Athens Institute, including the e-journals, are fully open access. All content is freely available online to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search and link to, without registration, subscription, embargo periods, or any fees (submission fees, processing fees, publication fees, or open access charges). The journals operate independently of the presentations delivered at the various academic events (conferences, symposiums, forums, colloquiums, courses, roundtable discussions) organized by the Athens Institute throughout the year.
The Athens Institute does not require authors to transfer copyright. Authors retain full intellectual property rights to their published work. Once a manuscript is accepted for publication, authors grant the Athens Institute a non-exclusive copyright to produce the final paper in the journal’s format, while still retaining full ownership. Authors are allowed to post the final accepted version of their manuscript (postprint) in repositories or on personal websites, provided the article is properly cited and not concurrently submitted to another journal. Each published article is assigned a persistent DOI, which provides a permanent and reliable link to the final version of the paper.
Athens Institute's Publications are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
You are free to:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material
The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.
Under the following terms:
- Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
- No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
- You do not have to comply with the license for elements of the material in the public domain or where your use is permitted by an applicable exception or limitation.
- No warranties are given. The license may not give you all of the permissions necessary for your intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy, or moral rights may limit how you use the material.
The Editors