Access Policy

Access, Copyright and Licensing Policy

Open Access

Perspectivas Journal is a scientific, non-profit, open access journal published by the Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo (ESPOCH).

All published articles are available immediately, free of charge, and without restrictions, with no embargo periods, registration, or subscription requirements. Readers may access, read, download, copy, distribute, print, link to, and reuse the content in accordance with the terms of the applicable license.

Perspectivas Journal does not charge fees for manuscript submission, peer review, processing, or publication.

Licensing

All articles published by Perspectivas Journal are distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

This license permits users to copy, distribute, publicly communicate, adapt, transform, and create derivative works from the published content, including for commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given to the authors and the original source, a link to the license is provided, and any modifications are indicated.

The full terms of the license are available at: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Copyright

Authors retain copyright and all publishing rights to their works without restrictions. Publication in Perspectivas Journal does not entail the transfer of copyright to the journal or to the Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo.

Authors may reuse, reproduce, distribute, share, and deposit their works, including the published version, in accordance with the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license.

First Publication Rights

Authors grant Perspectivas Journal the non-exclusive right of first publication of their works.

This grant does not involve a transfer of copyright and does not prevent authors from subsequently sharing, depositing, or reusing their works, provided that the original publication in Perspectivas Journal is appropriately acknowledged.

Self-Archiving and Repositories

Authors may deposit and share their works in institutional, subject-based, academic, or personal repositories, as well as other scholarly dissemination platforms, without an embargo period.

The published version of the article may be deposited, provided that appropriate attribution is maintained and Perspectivas Journal is acknowledged as the source of first publication.

Licensing and Copyright Information in Articles

Information regarding copyright and the CC BY 4.0 license is included on the webpage of each published article and, for recent issues, is available in the journal's publication formats, including HTML and PDF, where applicable.

Licensing and copyright information is clearly identified to facilitate the reuse, preservation, interoperability, and indexing of the journal's content.