Copyright Policy:
• Copyright on any open access article in the Frontiers in Scientific Reports published by Arab Society for Fungal Conservation is retained by the author(s).
• Authors grant Arab Society for Fungal Conservation a license to publish the article and identify itself as the original publisher.
• Authors also grant any third party the right to use the article freely as long as its integrity is maintained and its original authors, citation details and publisher are identified.
License:
• The Creative Commons Attribution License formalizes these and other terms and conditions of publishing articles.
License agreement
In submitting an article to any of the journals published by Arab Society for Fungal Conservation I certify that;
1. I am authorized by my co-authors to enter into these arrangements.
2. I warrant, on behalf of myself and my co-authors, that:
o the article is original, has not been formally published in any other peer-reviewed journal, is not under consideration by any other journal and does not infringe any existing copyright or any other third party rights;
o I am/we are the sole author(s) of the article and have full authority to enter into this agreement and in granting rights to the Arab Society for Fungal Conservation are not in breach of any other obligation;
o the article contains nothing that is unlawful, libellous, or which would, if published, constitute a breach of contract or of confidence or of commitment given to secrecy;
o I/we have taken due care to ensure the integrity of the article. To my/our - and currently accepted scientific - knowledge all statements contained in it purporting to be facts are true and any formula or instruction contained in the article will not, if followed accurately, cause any injury, illness or damage to the user.
3. I, and all co-authors, agree that the article, if editorially accepted for publication, shall be licensed under the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0. If the law requires that the article be published in the public domain, I/we will notify Arab Society for Fungal Conservation at the time of submission, and in such cases not only the data but also the article shall be released under the Creative Commons 1.0 Public Domain Dedication waiver. For the avoidance of doubt it is stated that sections 1 and 2 of this license agreement shall apply and prevail regardless of whether the article is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 or the http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode Creative Commons 1.0 Public Domain Dedication waiver.
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Where an author is prevented from being the copyright holder (for instance in the case of US government employees or those of Commonwealth governments), minor variations may be required. In such cases the copyright line and license statement in individual articles will be adjusted, for example, to state ‘© 2016 Crown copyright’. Authors requiring a variation of this type should inform asfc2013@ymail.com Arab Society for Fungal Conservation</a> during or immediately after submission of their article. Changes to the copyright line cannot be made after publication of an article.
Open Access Statement
Arab Society for Fungal Conservation publishes fully open-access journals, which means that all articles are available on the internet to all readers immediately upon publication without any cost or subscription. Non-commercial use and distribution in any medium is permitted, provided the author and the journal are properly credited.
Benefits of open access for authors include:
– Free access for all users worldwide
– Authors retain copyright to their work
– Increased visibility and readership
– All content available immediately on publication
– No spatial constraints
All articles in all journals are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Plagiarism:
The journal has a strict policy against plagiarism. All submitted manuscripts are checked for plagiarism using professional plagiarism-checking software. Submitted manuscripts with an unacceptable similarity index resulting from plagiarism are rejected immediately.
