Clinical Biomedical Communications (CBC) is committed to the principles of open research and the permanent preservation of scientific knowledge. The journal’s policies ensure that authors retain ownership of their intellectual property while guaranteeing that their findings remain accessible to the global community.

The journal believes that research should be as visible and usable as possible. To support this, CBC operates under a model that prioritizes author rights and broad dissemination.

Authors retain the copyright to their work. Unlike traditional publishing models, authors keep the legal ownership of their research while granting CBC a license to publish and distribute the Version of Record.

All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license. This license permits others to:

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

• Adapt: Remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, including commercial use.

Users must provide appropriate credit to the original authors and the journal, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.

Upon acceptance of the manuscript, authors will be required to complete a publishing agreement. The corresponding author will receive an email containing a secure link to the online agreement form.

Authors are encouraged to review the copyright policies of EditoryPress in advance to fully understand their rights, responsibilities, and available publishing options.

To maintain the highest standards of copyright integrity and professional publishing ethics, Clinical Biomedical Communications (CBC) requires absolute transparency regarding the reuse of previously published materials.

Authors who wish to include figures, tables, or text excerpts that have been previously published must obtain written permission from the original copyright holder before submission. This requirement applies to all forms of reused content, regardless of whether it has been modified or reproduced in part or in full.

If authors incorporate elements from their own previous work or the work of others, transparency is mandatory.

Authors are responsible for:

• Obtaining formal permission from the original copyright holder to reuse figures, tables, or other copyrighted materials.

• Clearly labeling every reused element, for example: “Reproduced with permission from [Original Source Citation].”

• Prominently citing the primary study if the current work is a follow-up or secondary analysis of a previously published dataset.

Authors are responsible for obtaining and documenting formal permission to reproduce, reuse, or adapt any content that has been previously published or is currently under copyright. This includes:

• Visual Data: Figures, diagrams, photographs, and illustrations.

• Tabular Data: Tables or complex datasets.

• Textual Content: Substantial segments of text or proprietary formulas.

Permissions are generally not required for materials published under a compatible open-access license, such as CC BY, provided that the original source and authors are cited according to the license terms.

At the time of manuscript submission, authors must confirm that:

• All necessary permissions have been secured from the original copyright holders.

• Appropriate credit lines and acknowledgments are clearly included in the manuscript.

• Copies of all permission grants are retained, as the Editorial Office may request these documents at any stage during review or production.

If permission documentation is not provided, the journal will assume that all submitted content is original and owned by the authors. In such cases, the authors bear full responsibility for any issues related to copyright infringement.

Failure to obtain appropriate permissions may result in delays during the review process or rejection of the manuscript.