Copyright & Licensing Policy

Copyright Retention
Upon acceptance for publication, the authors retain copyright of their article. Authors grant Global Virology Reports (GVR) an exclusive license to publish the article and identify itself as the original publisher.

License for Distribution and Reuse
All articles published in GVR are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

This license permits anyone 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.

The only requirements are:

·       Attribution – appropriate credit must be given to the original author(s), a link to the license must be provided, and any changes must be indicated.

Author and User Rights

·       Author Rights: As copyright holders, authors have the right to reuse, distribute, and share their own published work without restriction, provided the original publication in GVR is cited.

·       User/Reader Rights: Under the CC BY license, no further permission is required from the authors or the publisher for uses that comply with the license terms.