Terms of use

Effective Date: 19 August 2026

1. Introduction

1.1 These terms and conditions (the “Terms”) govern your use of the website of Entomological Studies (the “Journal”), published by Entomological Studies Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales under company number 17357778, with its registered office at 167-169 Great Portland Street, 5th Floor, London, W1W 5PF, United Kingdom (the “Publisher”).

1.2 By using the Journal’s website (the “Site”), you accept these Terms in full. If you disagree with any part of these Terms, you must not use the Site.

1.3 The Publisher reserves the right to update these Terms from time to time. The current version will always be available on the Site, and your continued use of the Site constitutes acceptance of any such changes.

2. Intellectual Property Rights and Licensing

2.1 All content published on the Site, including but not limited to articles, text, images, and supplementary data, is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws.

2.2 Authors’ Rights and Licence:
Authors retain copyright in their work and grant Entomological Studies the right of first publication. All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which allows others to share, copy, redistribute, and adapt the work for any purpose, provided that proper attribution is given to the author(s) and that the initial publication in Entomological Studies is acknowledged.

2.3 Authors are also permitted to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non‑exclusive distribution of the published version of their work (e.g., to deposit it in an institutional repository or to include it in a book), provided that they acknowledge its initial publication in Entomological Studies.

2.4 Users of the Site are granted a non‑exclusive, worldwide, royalty‑free licence to access, view, download, and print articles for personal and scholarly use, subject to the terms of the CC BY 4.0 licence. Any further use or redistribution must comply with the terms of that licence and must include appropriate attribution.

2.5 You must not:

● remove or alter any copyright or attribution notices;

● use the content in a way that suggests the Publisher or the authors endorse you or your use;

● repurpose the content for commercial purposes beyond what is permitted by the CC BY 4.0 licence.

3. Acceptable Use

3.1 You must not use the Site in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to the Site or impairment of the availability or accessibility of the Site, or in any way which is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent, or harmful.

3.2 You must not use the Site to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish, or distribute any material which consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, rootkit, or other malicious computer software.

4. User Content and Submissions

4.1 These Terms apply to any material (including, without limitation, text, images, and data) that you submit to the Site, for example, as part of a manuscript submission or correspondence with the editorial office.

4.2 By submitting content for publication, you confirm that you have the right to do so and that you grant the Publisher the right to publish, distribute, and archive the work as described in Section 2 above. The Publisher will act as the first publisher under the CC BY 4.0 licence.

4.3 Your content must not be illegal or unlawful, must not infringe any third party’s legal rights, and must not be capable of giving rise to legal action against you, the Publisher, or a third party.

4.4 The Publisher reserves the right to edit or remove any material submitted to the Site at its sole discretion, but will not make substantive changes to the scholarly content without the author’s consent.

5. Disclaimers and Limitations of Liability

5.1 The Site and all materials on it are provided “as is” without any representations or warranties, express or implied. The Publisher makes no representations or warranties in relation to the Site or the information and materials provided on it.

5.2 Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Publisher does not warrant that:

● the Site will be constantly available; or

● the information on the Site is complete, true, accurate, or non‑misleading.

5.3 Nothing on the Site constitutes, or is meant to constitute, advice of any kind.

5.4 To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Publisher will not be liable to you (whether under the law of contract, tort, or otherwise) in relation to the contents of, use of, or otherwise in connection with, the Site.

6. Governing Law

6.1 These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any disputes arising in connection with these Terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

7. Contact Information

If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at: entomologicalstudies@gmail.com