APC & Open Access Policy

Open Access Policy, Licensing, and No-APC Statement

La Saeta Universitaria Académica y de Investigación is a non-profit scientific journal published by the Research and Documentation Center of the Universidad Autónoma de Encarnación (CIDUNAE). It strictly adheres to the Diamond Open Access model, promoting the global exchange of knowledge freely, immediately, and at no cost to users.

No Article Processing Charges (No APC)

The journal charges no fees to authors or readers at any stage of the editorial workflow:

  • No submission or review fees: Receipt, peer review, and preliminary evaluations are completely free of charge.
  • No processing or publishing fees (No APC): No charges are applied for copyediting, typesetting, DOI assignment, or final publication.
  • Free and unrestricted access: Reading, viewing, and downloading all published articles and issues is entirely free, requiring no subscriptions or payments.
  • Honorary peer review: The peer review evaluation process is conducted on a voluntary and uncompensated basis.

Creative Commons License & Copyright Terms

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Authors who publish in this journal agree to the following copyright and reuse terms:

  • Copyright retention: Authors retain copyright over their published work without restrictions, granting the journal the right of first publication.
  • Content reuse: The CC BY 4.0 license allows third parties to share, copy, redistribute, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, provided appropriate credit is given to the original authorship and a link to the original publication and license is provided.
  • Self-archiving & repositories: Authors are permitted and encouraged to post and share their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories, subject repositories, or personal websites) prior to and after publication in the journal, acknowledging its initial publication in La Saeta Universitaria.