Figures Copyrights and Licenses

Figure Copyright and Licensing Policy

Authors are responsible for ensuring that all figures, images, illustrations, graphical abstracts, and visual materials submitted to Cancer Biome and Targeted Therapy comply with applicable copyright, licensing, and attribution requirements.

Figures Created Using Third-Party Software or Platforms

Figures created using commercial software platforms, online design tools, templates, or illustration services (including platforms such as BioRender) must be covered by a license that permits academic publication and journal distribution.

Authors are responsible for ensuring that:

  • The software or platform license permits publication in scientific journals
  • Required attribution statements are included when applicable
  • Any licensing conditions established by the platform provider are fully satisfied

Failure to obtain appropriate publication rights or licensing permissions may result in delays during editorial assessment or removal of the affected material before publication.

Reproduced or Adapted Figures

Authors must appropriately acknowledge and cite the source of any reproduced or adapted figure, image, or illustration.

Open Access Sources

When material is reproduced or adapted from an Open Access publication, authors must:

  • Confirm that the original license permits reuse or adaptation
  • Provide appropriate attribution to the original source
  • Include a citation and indication that the figure was “adapted from” or “reproduced from” the original work when applicable

Subscription or Non-Open Access Sources

When material is reproduced from subscription-based or non-Open Access publications, authors must obtain permission from the copyright holder or publisher when required.

This requirement applies even when overlapping authorship exists between the original publication and the submitted manuscript.

Authors must retain documentation of any permissions obtained and provide such documentation upon editorial request.

Authors Responsability

By submitting a manuscript to Cancer Biome and Targeted Therapy, authors confirm that they have obtained all necessary permissions, licenses, and rights required for publication of submitted visual materials.

Authors remain responsible for any copyright or licensing issues associated with submitted figures or third-party content.