Copyright and Licensing
IJRHNS publishes articles under the Creative Commons License CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. On one hand, the authors' rights are protected, while on the other hand, the journal makes sure that the research is accessible to other scholars and health care practitioners.
Copyright Ownership
Authors retain copyright ownership of their published work. By publishing with ARC Publisher, authors provide the journal with the necessary non-exclusive rights to publish and distribute the article.
These rights may include:
- Publishing the article online.
- Reproducing the published work.
- Hosting the article on the journal platform.
- Preserving and archiving the article.
- Distributing the article through appropriate publishing platforms.
- Making the article available to readers under the applicable license.
Authors continue to retain their intellectual property and moral rights in accordance with applicable laws and licensing terms.
Author Rights
Authors may:
- Share their published article in accordance with the license.
- Archive their published work where permitted.
- Use their research for future academic and educational purposes.
- Reuse their own work subject to the applicable license and third-party rights.
- Distribute copies of the published article while following the license conditions.
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License
| Condition | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Attribution (BY) | Appropriate credit must be given to the original author(s). |
| NonCommercial (NC) | The work cannot be used for commercial purposes. |
| NoDerivatives (ND) | Modified or adapted versions cannot be distributed. |
It becomes the duty of the authors to ensure that the manuscript which they are submitting to the journal in question does not infringe any copyright laws which are licensed by third parties.
Licensing policy helps IJRHNS to maintain a fine balance between protecting the Intellectual Property Rights of authors and publishing research work globally.
