Copyright and Licensing

Frontiers in Biotechnology and Genetics (FBG) respects authors’ intellectual property rights and supports the global dissemination of scientific knowledge through ethical and transparent open-access publishing.

Authors retain full copyright ownership of their published articles. By publishing with FBG, authors grant the journal a non-exclusive right to publish, distribute, archive, preserve, and make their research articles publicly available through the journal platform and scholarly preservation services.

Author Rights Include:

  • Retaining complete ownership of their original scientific contributions.
  • Reusing their published work in future research articles, books, academic projects, and professional publications.
  • Using their articles for educational, teaching, and research purposes.
  • Depositing published articles in institutional repositories, subject-based repositories, and personal academic websites.
  • Sharing their research through professional networks and academic platforms.
  • Maintaining intellectual property rights while ensuring proper acknowledgment of the original publication.

License:

All articles published in Frontiers in Biotechnology and Genetics (FBG) are licensed under the:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Under the CC BY 4.0 License, users are allowed to:

  • Copy, share, and redistribute published articles in any medium or format.
  • Adapt, remix, transform, and build upon the published content for any lawful purpose.
  • Use published research materials for both non-commercial and commercial purposes.

Users must provide appropriate attribution to the original author(s), cite the published article, acknowledge Frontiers in Biotechnology and Genetics (FBG) as the source of publication, and include a link to the applicable Creative Commons license.

The CC BY 4.0 license information is displayed on each article page and within published article PDFs to ensure transparency, accessibility, and compliance with international open-access publishing standards.

This policy protects authors’ copyright ownership while encouraging responsible sharing, reuse, and advancement of scientific knowledge in biotechnology, genetics, and related research fields.

License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/