Fungal Diversity
Open Access Policy
Licensing, author rights, accessibility, and APC information.Overview
Fungal Diversity, published by BioAcademic Press, is a fully open-access journal. All articles are freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication, without subscription or paywall barriers.
Licensing
All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original author and source are properly credited.
Author Rights
- Authors retain copyright of their work.
- Authors grant the journal the right to publish and disseminate their article under the CC BY license.
- Authors may deposit published versions in institutional repositories, personal websites, or preprint servers.
Accessibility and Impact
- Articles are immediately accessible upon publication.
- Open access supports wider dissemination, increased visibility, and greater research impact.
- Open access supports compliance with funder and institutional mandates.
Article Processing Charges
To support open-access publishing, an APC is applied to accepted manuscripts. Fee waivers or discounts may be available in specific cases; see the journal's APC policy.
Important notice: APC payment is due within 30 days of manuscript acceptance. Accepted articles cannot be published until payment has been received.