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This Open Access approach follows the guidelines of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI). Furthermore, BEPA meets the Open Access criteria established by the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), providing immediate public access to its content, without embargo periods and without the need for registration by users.
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