SERA open press is a fully open-access publisher. All articles published in SERA open press journals are freely and immediately available to anyone, anywhere in the world, without subscription fees, paywalls, or registration requirements. We are committed to the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (2002) and believe that unrestricted access to research accelerates discovery, enables education, and serves the public interest.
All articles are published under an open-access model with no embargo period. Upon publication, articles are immediately and permanently accessible to all readers at no cost. There is no "hybrid" option — every article in every SERA open press journal is open access.
Licensing
All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), unless otherwise specified by the author(s) at the time of acceptance.
Under CC BY 4.0, anyone is free to:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, including commercially
Under the following condition:
- Attribution — appropriate credit must be given to the author(s), a link to the license must be provided, and any changes must be indicated
Full license text: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Authors who require an alternative Creative Commons license (e.g., CC BY-NC or CC BY-SA) due to funder mandates or institutional policy should indicate this at the time of submission. Requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Copyright
Authors retain copyright of their published work. By submitting to a SERA open press journal, authors grant SERA open press a non-exclusive right to publish the article and identify SERA open press as the original publisher.
Authors are free to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the published version (e.g., posting to an institutional repository or publishing in a book), provided that the original SERA open press publication is acknowledged.
Self-Archiving Policy
SERA open press supports authors' rights to share their work broadly. Our self-archiving policy applies to all stages of the manuscript:
| Version | Where | When | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preprint (submitted version) | Any repository, personal website, preprint server | At any time | No restrictions |
| Postprint (accepted manuscript) | Institutional repository, subject repository, personal website | Immediately upon acceptance | Include citation to the SERA open press publication |
| Published version (Version of Record) | Institutional repository, subject repository, personal website | Immediately upon publication | Include DOI link to the SERA open press publication |
There are no embargo periods for any version.
Funder and Institutional Mandates
Our open-access and self-archiving policies are designed to comply with the requirements of major research funders and institutional open-access mandates, including:
- European Commission (Horizon Europe, Plan S / cOAlition S)
- National research funding agencies requiring immediate open access
- Institutional repository deposit mandates
Authors with specific funder requirements should contact their journal's editorial office if additional support is needed to meet compliance obligations.
Long-Term Access
All published content is preserved through the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN) and registered with Crossref DOIs to ensure long-term discoverability and access. See our Archiving and Digital Preservation policy for details.
Article Processing Charges
For information about publication fees, see our Fees and Article Processing Charges page.