The journal is committed to the principles of open access publishing and provides immediate, permanent, and unrestricted access to all published content. All articles published in the journal are freely available to readers worldwide without subscription barriers or registration requirements.
The journal operates under a Platinum (Diamond) Open Access model, under which neither readers nor authors are charged for access to, submission of, or publication of scholarly content, unless otherwise explicitly stated for specific article types or special issues.
In accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI), open access is defined by the journal as the free availability of scholarly literature on the public internet, permitting users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles, and to use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself.
All published articles are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), unless otherwise specified. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited and the integrity of the scholarly record is maintained.
Authors retain the copyright of their published work and grant the journal the non-exclusive right to publish, distribute, and archive the article in electronic and other formats. The journal does not impose embargo periods on published content.
To ensure the long-term availability and preservation of published materials, the journal implements recognized digital archiving and preservation mechanisms. Metadata and full-text content may be deposited in indexing services, repositories, and digital preservation systems in accordance with best practices in scholarly publishing.
The journal supports transparency in research dissemination and encourages authors to make underlying research data, materials, and methods available, where appropriate, in accordance with ethical, legal, and disciplinary standards.
This Open Access Policy reflects the journal’s commitment to equitable knowledge dissemination, academic freedom, and the advancement of global research and innovation in the fields of biointerface science, applied chemistry, and bio-related interdisciplinary research.