OA Policy

  • Ocean Engineering Equipment and Technology transitioned to open access on January 1st, 2023. All articles published in this journal since the first issue of 2023 will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download, and readers may use, copy, and distribute these articles under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.. The full text of articles published between 2014 and 2022 are also open access, available for readers to read and download free of charge. Readers may use, copy, and distribute these articles under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.

     
    Permitted third party reuse of the articles published by the journal is defined by the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license, which allows users to copy and distribute the article in any medium or format, provided the users give appropriate credit. Users from a third party may give the appropriate credit in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses their use. The users may not use or share the article for commercial purposes, and no derivatives of the article are permitted for distribution. The authors have right to use and distribute their article in accordance with the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. The full details of the license are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
     

    The authors need to sign a "Copyright Transfer Agreement" to transfer the copyright of the manuscript (including but not limited to the right of reproduce, issuing, online spread, performing, translation, compiling and adaption) to Ocean Engineering Equipment and Technology. After publication, the copyright will belong to the editorial office. The authors have right to spread or make use of the article under the Creative Commons Attribution – NonCommercial - NoDerivatives4.0(CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) International License. 

    • 2023-07-14 Visited: 1440