1. Copyright Ownership
All articles published in Insuficiencia Cardiaca remain the copyright of the authors.
Upon acceptance of a manuscript, the authors retain copyright but grant Insuficiencia Cardiaca and its publisher a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to:
publish, reproduce, distribute, and display the article in any format (print and electronic);
translate, index, and archive the article;
include the article in relevant databases, repositories, and discovery services; and
use the article for promotional and educational purposes related to the Journal.
The formal copyright notice that appears in each article is generally of the form:
© [Year] [Author(s)]. This is an open access article published by Insuficiencia Cardiaca.
Authors retain all rights not expressly granted to the Journal under this licence and may use their article in other works under the conditions set out below.
2. Open Access Licence (CC BY 4.0)
Unless otherwise stated on the article, Insuficiencia Cardiaca publishes its content under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
Under the CC BY 4.0 licence:
anyone is free to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work;
anyone may adapt, remix, transform, and build upon the work for any purpose, including commercial use;
provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and source, a link to the licence is included, and any changes made are indicated.
A typical credit line should read, for example:
This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0).
The full legal code of the licence is available at:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
If the Journal decides to use a different Creative Commons licence for specific content (e.g. CC BY-NC-ND), the applicable licence will be clearly indicated on the article itself, and that specific licence will govern that article.
3. Authors’ Rights and Reuse
Because authors retain copyright, they are free to:
Deposit the preprint, accepted manuscript (postprint), and published version in institutional or subject repositories, personal websites, or academic social platforms, immediately upon publication, without embargo;
Use the article in teaching, presentations, conference materials, course packs, and internal reports, in print or electronic form;
Include the article or parts of it in future works (such as books, theses, or collected volumes), provided that the original publication in Insuficiencia Cardiaca is clearly cited;
Share the article with colleagues, students, and collaborators in any format;
Translate the work into other languages, or reuse figures, tables, or text in derivative works, as long as proper attribution is maintained and the reuse complies with the Creative Commons licence under which the article was published.
When reusing or republishing the article or substantial parts of it, authors should always include a citation to the original version published in Insuficiencia Cardiaca, including journal name, year, volume, pages, and DOI.
4. Third-Party Material and Permissions
Authors are responsible for ensuring that their manuscripts do not infringe the rights of third parties. Before submission, authors must:
obtain written permission to reuse any previously published figures, tables, images, or text that are not covered by a compatible open licence;
properly acknowledge the original source and the rights holder;
clarify, in the manuscript and captions, when a figure or table is reproduced or adapted from another source.
Any third-party material not covered by the article’s Creative Commons licence will be clearly identified with a credit line specifying the separate rights and conditions. In such cases, users must seek permission directly from the rights holder before reusing that particular material.
5. Preprints and Prior Dissemination
Insuficiencia Cardiaca allows and encourages authors to share preprints (manuscripts prior to peer review) on recognized preprint servers or institutional repositories.
Posting a preprint does not prevent submission to or publication in the Journal.
After publication, authors are requested to update the preprint with a reference to the final published version, including the DOI and a link to the article on the Journal’s website.
Authors should clearly state that the preprint is not the final peer-reviewed version.
6. Text and Data Mining (TDM)
Under the CC BY 4.0 licence, the full text of articles can be used for text and data mining (TDM), machine learning, and similar automated analyses, provided that:
such use complies with the licence terms (including attribution requirements); and
it is carried out in a manner that does not compromise the security or stability of the Journal’s website or servers.
Users conducting TDM on a large scale are encouraged to contact the Journal to coordinate access where necessary.
7. Moral Rights
Nothing in this copyright and licensing policy is intended to limit or waive the moral rights of authors where such rights are recognized by applicable law. Authors retain, for example, the right to be recognized as the creators of their work and to object to derogatory treatment of the work that might harm their honour or reputation.
8. Archiving and Preservation
Insuficiencia Cardiaca is committed to the long-term preservation of its content. The Journal may deposit its articles in trusted digital archives, repositories, or preservation services to ensure that the scholarly record remains accessible over time.
The open licensing (e.g. CC BY 4.0) facilitates such archiving and allows third parties to host and mirror content under the terms of the applicable licence, thereby improving resilience and access.
9. Changes to Copyright and Licensing Policy
The Journal may update this copyright and licensing policy from time to time, for example to:
reflect changes in applicable laws or regulations;
adopt new standard licences;
improve clarity or harmonize with best practices in scholarly publishing.
Any changes will not retroactively alter the licence under which an article was originally published. Each article remains governed by the licence stated on it at the time of publication.