Terms of Use of Copyrighted Materials

All materials published in the journal Smart Economy, Entrepreneurship and Security are subject to copyright protection in accordance with applicable copyright and related rights legislation. The journal follows the principles of open science, ensuring an appropriate balance between the protection of authors’ rights and open access to research outputs.

Author Rights

Authors retain copyright to their scholarly works. Submission of a manuscript to the journal implies the author’s consent to its publication and distribution in accordance with the journal’s editorial policy. Authors have the right to reuse the results of their research in future publications, deposit published articles in institutional or subject repositories, share them on personal or institutional websites, and use the content for academic and educational purposes.

Use of Journal Content

Users are permitted to read, download, copy, distribute, print, and use the journal’s materials for scientific, educational, and informational purposes, provided that proper attribution of authorship and source is given. Any use of the materials must include an appropriate bibliographic reference to the original publication.

Licensing

All journal content is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction, and adaptation of the materials in any medium, including for commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given to the author(s), the source of publication, and a link to the license is included.

Restrictions on Use

Any use of the journal’s materials that violates copyright or principles of academic integrity is strictly prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to, misappropriation of authorship, use of materials without proper attribution, and distortion or misrepresentation of published content. In cases of infringement, the Editorial Board reserves the right to require the cessation of unlawful use in accordance with applicable law.