Open Access Policy
Permissions Open Access Explained! Meaning of Open Access Advantages of Open Access for Authors
Links and Notes
All articles published by AUCTORES are made freely available worldwide under an open access license. This ensures that:
• Anyone can access the full text of all articles without restriction.
• Content may be reused freely, provided the original work is properly cited and credited.
• Open access publishing is funded through a modest Article Processing Charge (APC), typically covered by the authors’ institutions or research funding organizations once an article is accepted.
Permissions
No special permission is required to reuse any part of an article published by AUCTORES, including figures and tables. Articles published under the Creative Commons CC BY license may be reused freely, provided proper citation is given. Reuse of any content does not imply endorsement by the authors or by AUCTORES. Authors are also free to deposit their work in external repositories without seeking permission. This applies to all versions of the manuscript—the submitted, accepted, and published versions.
Meaning of Open Access
In line with widely accepted definitions in the scientific community—including the Budapest, Berlin, and Bethesda Declarations—AUCTORES defines open access according to the following
principles:
• Peer-reviewed literature is freely accessible without subscription or payment barriers.
• Content is released immediately in open access format, with no embargo period.
• Published material may be reused without seeking permission, provided the original source is properly cited. Before 2008, most AUCTORES articles included the statement: “© year by AUCTORES. Reproduction is permitted for noncommercial purposes.” Beginning in 2008, AUCTORES transitioned to publishing all articles under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) License, granting authors and readers broad reuse rights. All articles published before and during 2008 are now considered to fall under the post-2008 CC BY license. As a result, all AUCTORES publications—including data, figures, graphics, and supplementary files—may be freely linked, indexed by search engines, and reused by text-mining tools, websites, and blogs, provided appropriate attribution is given. AUCTORES supports open access because it promotes the exchange of knowledge across disciplines, strengthens interdisciplinary research, and increases global access to scientific findings, including for researchers in developing countries and the general public. While AUCTORES is fully committed to open access publishing, we recognize that it complements—rather than replaces—other forms of scholarly communication, such as society-based publishing and conferences. Important Note: Some articles (particularly Review papers) may contain figures, tables, or text from other sources for which AUCTORES does not hold copyright or redistributing rights. In such cases, users must obtain permission from the original copyright holder before reusing that material. Advantages of Open Access for Authors
High Availability and Visibility:
AUCTORES ensures broad visibility for all open access articles by making them freely and permanently accessible online. Readers—primarily researchers—can access and download full- text articles without subscription or pay-per-view fees. This unrestricted availability also improves discoverability, as open access content is more easily indexed by search engines and scholarly databases.
Higher Citation Impact:
Because open access articles are widely accessible and more frequently discovered, they tend to receive more citations. Numerous studies have demonstrated that open access publications achieve higher citation rates compared to subscription-only articles [1,2].
Lower Publishing Costs:
Open access publishers operate with significantly lower costs than traditional subscription-based publishers. Editorial and production expenses for accepted articles are covered through a one- time article processing charge (APC), typically paid by the authors’ institutions or research funders. AUCTORES maintains a single APC rate regardless of article length, encouraging authors to publish comprehensive studies with full experimental or computational details.
Faster Publication:
AUCTORES journals offer faster publication timelines due to their online-only, open access model. Accepted manuscripts are typically published more quickly compared with traditional print or subscription-based journals, allowing research findings to be disseminated without unnecessary delay. Links and Notes
1. Open access citation impact advantage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_access#Authors_and_researchers . For example, a standard research paper "Shutalev, A.D.; Kishko, E.A.; Sivova, N.V.; Kuznetsov, A.Y. Molecules 1998, 3, 100-106" has been cited 51 times, the highest number among all the papers published so far by the same author.
2. Lin, S.-K. Editorial: Non-Open Access and Its Adverse Impact on Molecules. Molecules 2007, 12, 1436-1437 (PDF format 16 K, HTML format).