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Frontiers in Emerging Engineering & Technologies (FEET)

eISSN: 2978-3720 | International Peer-Reviewed Journal | Open Access

1. Introduction

Frontiers in Emerging Engineering & Technologies (FEET) is committed to promoting the wide dissemination of scientific knowledge while protecting the intellectual property rights of authors. The journal follows an Open Access publishing model and applies the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License to all published articles, enabling the responsible sharing, distribution, and reuse of scholarly research in mechanical, electrical, civil, computer, chemical, materials, and cross-disciplinary engineering fields.

This policy outlines copyright ownership, author rights, publishing rights granted to the journal, and the conditions under which published content may be reused, distributed, or reproduced.

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2. Copyright Ownership

Authors publishing in Frontiers in Emerging Engineering & Technologies (FEET) retain full, unrestricted copyright to their scholarly work. Copyright remains entirely with the author(s) after publication, and the journal does not require the transfer or assignment of copyright ownership.

By submitting and publishing their manuscript, authors confirm that:

  • The submitted work is completely original and has not been published previously.

  • The manuscript does not infringe upon the intellectual property rights, copyright, or personal rights of any third party.

  • Necessary written permissions have been obtained for any copyrighted material, figures, CAD renderings, circuit diagrams, datasets, or scales included in the manuscript.

3. Author Rights

Authors retain extensive, unrestricted rights over their published work and may, at any time without seeking permission from the publisher:

  • Share the published article through personal, departmental, or institutional websites.

  • Deposit the published version in institutional repositories or subject-specific databases.

  • Share the article through academic networking platforms (e.g., ORCID, ResearchGate, Academia.edu, Google Scholar, LinkedIn).

  • Reuse figures, tables, schematics, algorithms, and original text content in future scholarly works, books, or book chapters with appropriate citation.

  • Distribute the article for educational, research, academic, and professional development purposes.

  • Use the published work in theses, dissertations, conference presentations, technical training programs, or teaching materials with proper acknowledgment of the original FEET publication.

4. Publishing Rights Granted to the Journal

By submitting a manuscript for publication, authors grant Frontiers in Emerging Engineering & Technologies (FEET) a non-exclusive license to publish, reproduce, distribute, archive, preserve, and display the accepted work in digital, electronic, and print formats.

This non-exclusive publishing license enables the journal to:

  • Edit, format, copyedit, typeset, and layout the accepted manuscript.

  • Assign a persistent Digital Object Identifier (DOI) through Crossref to the published Version of Record.

  • Index, archive, and disseminate the published article through the journal website, scholarly databases, search engines, and indexing services while preserving full author copyright ownership.

5. Creative Commons License (CC BY 4.0)

All articles published in FEET are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License. This license promotes the widest possible dissemination and reuse of scholarly research while ensuring that authors receive full academic credit for their work.

Under the CC BY 4.0 License, any user may:

  • Share: Copy, distribute, display, and redistribute the material in any medium or format.

  • Adapt: Remix, transform, translate, build upon, and adapt the material for any lawful purpose, including commercial and industrial engineering applications.

Mandatory Conditions: Appropriate credit must be given to the original author(s), FEET must be cited as the original source of publication, a link to the CC BY 4.0 license must be provided, and any modifications, translations, or adaptations made must be clearly indicated.

6. Rights of Readers and Users

Researchers, educators, software engineers, industrial practitioners, students, and librarians are free to access and use published articles without subscription, paywalls, or user registration fees.

Users may:

  • Read, search, and download published articles free of charge.

  • Share articles through educational, corporate, or research platforms.

  • Reuse figures, empirical tables, circuit schematics, and text in accordance with the CC BY 4.0 License.

  • Translate or adapt published engineering content with proper academic attribution.

  • Include published articles in institutional repositories, course materials, reading lists, or scholarly databases.

7. Article Processing Charges (APC) & Licensing Transparency

FEET operates as a fully transparent Open Access journal to ensure open science principles compliant with DOAJ and Scopus guidelines:

  • Submission & Peer Review Fees: $0 (Free of submission or evaluation costs).

  • Article Processing Charges (APC): An APC applies only after a manuscript completes formal double-blind peer review and receives official editorial acceptance. Payment covers Crossref DOI assignment, technical typesetting, server hosting, and long-term digital preservation.

  • Editorial Insulation: Payment of the APC does not grant copyright transfer to the journal; full copyright remains 100% with the author(s). Furthermore, editorial decision-making remains strictly independent of publishing fee arrangements.

8. Permissions and Reuse

No additional permission from the publisher or the authors is required to reuse articles published under the CC BY 4.0 License, provided that the license conditions are strictly respected.

When reusing published material, users must:

  • Acknowledge and properly cite the original author(s).

  • Cite the original publication in Frontiers in Emerging Engineering & Technologies (FEET) with its full article title and active Crossref DOI.

  • Clearly indicate whether any changes, translations, or adaptations were made to the original work.

9. Third-Party Material

Authors are solely responsible for obtaining written permissions from original copyright holders to reproduce any third-party material—including copyrighted figures, tables, photographs, illustrations, proprietary engineering tools, or software code—incorporated into their manuscripts.

Where third-party material is not covered by the journal’s Creative Commons License, users must obtain permission directly from the original copyright holder prior to reuse.

10. Attribution Requirements

Whenever content published in FEET is reused, redistributed, adapted, or reproduced, proper academic attribution must be provided. Standard appropriate attribution includes:

  • Name(s) of the original author(s).

  • Title of the published article.

  • Full name of the journal (Frontiers in Emerging Engineering & Technologies).

  • Article Digital Object Identifier (DOI).

  • A statement indicating that the work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License.

11. Self-Archiving & Repository Policy

FEET actively supports self-archiving and open repository practices (Green Open Access). Authors are permitted and encouraged to archive and share the final published Version of Record (Publisher PDF) immediately after publication without any embargo period.

Authors may deposit the published article in:

  • Personal and faculty web pages.

  • University/institutional repositories and subject-specific archives.

  • Academic communication platforms (e.g., ORCID, ResearchGate, Academia.edu, Google Scholar, LinkedIn).

  • Funders' open access repositories.

12. Long-Term Digital Preservation

The journal is committed to preserving the long-term accessibility, discoverability, and permanent integrity of the scholarly record. All published articles are hosted on the journal's digital publishing platform and preserved through digital archiving repositories and metadata networks to ensure continuous, uninterrupted global access.

13. Licensing Statement

Unless otherwise indicated, all articles published in Frontiers in Emerging Engineering & Technologies (FEET) are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License. Authors retain 100% full copyright ownership while granting the journal a non-exclusive license to publish, archive, distribute, and preserve the work as part of the permanent scholarly record.

14. Contact Information

Questions regarding copyright agreements, licensing terms, permissions, article reuse, or self-archiving rights may be directed to the FEET Editorial Office: