Open Access
1. Open Access Statement
Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering is an open access journal. All articles published in this journal will be immediately and permanently free for all readers to read and download, and all readers can freely copy, disseminate, and use the articles of this journal under the premise of abiding by the licensing policy of the journal (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
2. Licensing Policy
Permitted third party reuse of the articles published by Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering is defined by the following user license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This license allows users to copy and distribute the articles of the journal in any medium or format if the license terms below are followed:
Users must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes to the articles were made. Users may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the journal endorses the use. Users may not use the articles for commercial purposes. If users remix, transform, or build upon the articles, they may not distribute the modified articles. The full details of the license are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
3. Copyright Policy
At the time of submission or acceptance of the article, authors are required to sign the Copyright Transfer Agreement to transfer the copyright of the article to the Editorial Department of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering, and the copyright will belong to the Editorial Department of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering. However, authors have right to use their article under the following circumstances:
(1) Reproducing, disseminating, and using the article freely in accordance with the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License, such as non-commercial academic seminars, communication, academic reports, and lectures.
(2) Using the article in other activities permitted and authorized by the Editorial Department.