The UniVlora Scientific Journal (UVSJ) is committed to promoting the widest possible dissemination and responsible reuse of scholarly research while protecting the intellectual property rights of authors. The journal's copyright and licensing policies are designed to support open access publishing in accordance with internationally recognized best practices.

Copyright

Authors retain the copyright to their published work.

By submitting a manuscript to the UniVlora Scientific Journal and, upon acceptance, agreeing to its publication, authors grant the journal, published by the University "Ismail Qemali" of Vlora, Albania, a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free license to:

• publish, reproduce, and distribute the Version of Record (the final published version of the article) in print and electronic formats;
• identify itself as the original publisher of the work;
• archive, preserve, and make the article permanently available;
• assign persistent identifiers, including Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs), where applicable;
• include the article and its metadata in indexing services, abstracting databases, repositories, and preservation systems.

Authors remain free to use, reproduce, distribute, and adapt their own work for scholarly, educational, and professional purposes, provided that the original publication in the UniVlora Scientific Journal is appropriately acknowledged.

Licensing

All articles published in the UniVlora Scientific Journal are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

The CC BY 4.0 license permits anyone to:

• read, download, copy, and print the article;
• share and redistribute the work in any medium or format;
• adapt, remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, including commercial use.

provided that:

• appropriate credit is given to the author(s);
• the UniVlora Scientific Journal is acknowledged as the original source of publication;
• a link to the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License is provided; and
• any modifications made to the original work are clearly indicated.

The full license is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Third-Party Material

• Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce any copyrighted material, including figures, tables, photographs, illustrations, datasets, or other content owned by third parties.
• Unless otherwise indicated in a credit line, third-party material included in an article is covered by the article's CC BY 4.0 license. Where material is excluded from the license, users must obtain permission directly from the copyright holder before reuse.

Author Reuse Rights

Authors may immediately:

• deposit the published Version of Record in institutional, disciplinary, or funder repositories;
• post the published article on personal or institutional websites;
• share the published article with colleagues and students;
• include the article in theses, dissertations, books, teaching materials, or future scholarly works;
• present or distribute the published work at conferences and academic events.

provided that the original publication in the UniVlora Scientific Journal is properly cited.

Licensing Changes

• The copyright and licensing terms applicable to an article are those in effect at the time of publication.
• The Creative Commons license applied to a published article is irrevocable, provided that the license terms are respected.

Commitment to Open Scholarship

The UniVlora Scientific Journal supports the responsible dissemination and reuse of scholarly research through transparent copyright and licensing practices. The journal's policies are consistent with the principles of open access publishing and are aligned with the recommendations of the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Crossref, and internationally recognized standards for scholarly communication.