Intellectual Property Protection and Licensing Policies

Intellectual Property and Licensing Policy

Chone, Ciencia y Tecnología journal promotes open access to scientific knowledge, ensuring respect for authors’ rights and making published content available under clear and fair conditions.

License

All articles and essays published in the journal are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 Ecuador (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 EC) license. This license allows third parties to distribute, copy, and display the material provided that proper credit is given to the author, the material is not used for commercial purposes, and no derivative works are created. More information about this license can be found at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ec/

Authors’ Rights

Authors retain copyright over their works and grant the journal the right of first publication. Authors are allowed to publish preprint and postprint versions of their works in institutional or thematic open-access repositories, provided that it is acknowledged that the final version was originally published in Chone, Ciencia y Tecnología.

Authors’ Responsibilities

Authors are responsible for the content of their contributions and must ensure that their work is original, has not been previously published, and is not under consideration by another publication. In cases of plagiarism or other misconduct, the journal will act in accordance with its ethical policies.

Readers’ Rights

The journal allows readers to download, store, copy, and freely distribute the final approved and published version (postprint) of articles, provided it is for non-commercial purposes, no derivative works are made, and proper credit is given to the source and authorship.

Repository Deposit

The journal commits to depositing published articles in third-party repositories to ensure their preservation and immediate access after publication.

DOI Identifier

Each article published by the journal is assigned a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), an alphanumeric code that enables the article to be located and retrieved online, even if it changes servers or location.