I. Article submission, process and publication charges
II. Rights and permissions
III. Open access policy
IV. Copyright and licensing
V. Archiving and digital preservation
VI. Deposit policy
The journal does not levy article processing charges (APCs), submission fees, publication fees, or any other form of cost to authors. Open access to all published content is provided entirely free of charge, ensuring that both the publication and dissemination of scholarly work in Conatus – Journal of Philosophy remain without financial barriers for authors and readers alike.
Authors retain full rights to their work and may reuse, distribute, or republish it freely, provided that the original publication in Conatus is acknowledged.
Conatus - Journal of Philosophy is a diamond open-access journal, offering all its content freely to users and their institutions without any charges. Likewise, authors can publish their work without incurring any fees. Users have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to the full texts of articles, or use them for any lawful purpose without needing prior permission from the publisher or the author. This policy aligns with the BOAI (Budapest Open Access Initiative) definition of open access.
Conatus - Journal of Philosophy provides immediate open access to its content at no cost either for the author, or for the reader, since the Journal's aim and mission is to make original philosophical research freely available, to facilitate exchange of ideas and inspire engagement in philosophical debates. To this purpose authors are encouraged to deposit their articles, as well as data underlying the publications, to institutional and/or other appropriate subject repositories under a Creative Commons BY-NC license. Permitted reuse is defined by a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).
The fact that Conatus - Journal of Philosophy is a diamond open-access journal, means that:
All content is freely available without subscription or author fees.
Users may read, download, copy, distribute, print, or link to articles without prior permission, in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition.
Authors are encouraged to deposit published articles and underlying data in institutional or subject repositories under a Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication.
The published work is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0, allowing sharing and adaptation with appropriate credit, noncommercial use, and no additional restrictions.
Authors may:
Enter separate, non-exclusive agreements for further distribution (e.g., in books or repositories).
Post their work online before or during the submission process to encourage engagement and citation.
The journal is published through the National Documentation Center (EKT), which provides:
OJS platform and digital archiving services.
PKP Preservation Network for long-term digital preservation.
Authors may self-archive all versions of their work (submitted, accepted, or published) in repositories without embargo.