Dear Readers and Authors,
Effective from 2025, all articles published International Journal of Probiotics & Prebiotics will come under the following copyright and licencing policy:
Copyright on open access articles is retained by the author(s).
Authors grant the journal a non-exclusive license to publish the article and identify itself as the original publisher.
Authors also grant any third party the right to use the article freely as long as its integrity is maintained and its original authors, citation details and publisher are identified.
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Please note that we have changed our copyright policy from copyright being transferred to the publisher practiced so far to copyright retained by the authors and granting a non-exclusive license to NCHP publishers to publish the article and identify itself as the original publisher. This new copyright policy will be applicable for all articles in the issues starting from 2025 and the licence to publish agreement can be downloaded from the copyright page of the website https://www.nchpjournals.com/Copyright_IJPP