Highlights of Science (we) is a scholarly open-access publisher. We publish electronic, peer-reviewed journals through our web-based platform (website). At Highlights of Science, one of the main priorities is your privacy. This document contains the types of information that we collect and how we use it.

You may contact us at any time if you have any questions or require any additional information about our Privacy Policy.

By using our service and the website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

The personal information (such as your name, affiliated institution, country, email address, password, academic degree, position within your institution or organization, and your research interests, etc.) that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you upon our request, e.g., when you register an account with our website.

When you visit/use our website, we may use cookies (What Are Cookies) to collect your geolocation data (e.g., IP address, time-stamp) and the information carried by your device (e.g., referring URLs, the type of the device you are using, its operating system, browser type and version). Your visits to per individual pages will be tracked and be stored on our server as log data.

We use the information in various ways, including:

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

We may update this Privacy Policy, and any changes introduced will be effective immediately upon the posting on this webpage. If you choose to continue to use our service and our website, this would mean you have agreed to the modifications.