Animal Research Perspectives (ARP) is a fully open access journal, which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.

All articles are published with immediate, permanent, and free access. No embargo period applies, and no registration is required to read the content.

Licensing

Articles are published under the following Creative Commons licenses:

CC BY 4.0 (default) – allows any user to share, adapt, and reuse the work, even commercially, provided proper attribution is given.

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (optional) – allows non-commercial sharing of the work as long as it is unadapted and credited.

For full license details, please visit: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/

Copyright

Authors retain full copyright and all publishing rights without any restrictions. The publisher is granted a non‑exclusive right to publish, distribute, and archive the work. Authors may deposit any version of their paper (submitted, accepted, or published) in institutional or subject repositories without embargo.

Article Processing Charges (APC)

ARP charges an Article Processing Charge (APC) to cover editorial management, peer review, production, and online hosting. The APC amount is transparently listed on the journal’s website at: https://arp.iacademic.info/EN/fees-waivers 

Fee Waivers and Discounts

ARP offers full waivers for authors from low‑income economies (as defined by the World Bank) and discounts for authors from lower‑middle‑income economies. Requests for waivers or discounts based on demonstrable need are also considered on a case-by-case basis. For details, please contact the editorial office at: ArpEditor@iacademic.info

No Other Charges

ARP does not charge any submission fees, page charges, colour charges, or any other supplementary fees.