Copyright and Licensing
Author ownership with a clear publication licence for broad lawful dissemination.
Authors keep ownership while research remains reusable.
The Journal's default model combines author copyright, CC BY 4.0 licensing and the publication rights needed to maintain the version of record.
Authors retain copyright in their work unless a different lawful holder is identified in the article. Published scholarly articles are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence, CC BY 4.0. The licence permits sharing and adaptation, including commercial reuse, provided appropriate credit is given, a link to the licence is supplied, and changes are indicated. Material that the author does not own must be clearly identified and used with permission or another lawful basis. Website design, administrative text, logos, and third-party material are not automatically covered by an article’s CC BY licence.
Copyright remains with the author
Publication does not ordinarily require authors to transfer ownership of copyright in their complete article. Ownership remains subject to the rights granted to CIJFMR, the licence displayed on the article and any rights held by third parties.
Rights necessary to administer the scholarly record
By agreeing to publication, authors authorise CIJFMR to:
- Publish and identify the article as the version of record
- Reproduce, display and distribute the article
- Create and maintain publication metadata
- Register a DOI or other identifier where applicable
- Supply records to repositories, databases and verified indexing services
- Preserve the work and maintain linked correction or retraction notices
- Promote the published article accurately
Teach, share, archive and develop the work
Subject to the displayed licence and third-party rights, authors may ordinarily reuse their published article in teaching, presentations, repositories, personal websites, future scholarship, compilations and professional communication. Reuse should cite the original CIJFMR publication and identify the version of record where possible.
Third-party rights must be cleared before submission
Authors are responsible for determining whether permission is required and obtaining it before submission. Material excluded from CC BY 4.0 should carry an appropriate credit or rights statement. Properly attributed quotation and other legally permitted use remain subject to applicable law.
Authors must have authority to publish
- The submitting person has authority to act for the authors
- Authorship information is accurate
- The work does not knowingly infringe third-party rights
- Necessary permissions have been obtained
- No incompatible exclusive licence prevents publication
- Publication by CIJFMR is lawfully authorised
Nothing in the Journal's model is intended to remove moral rights that cannot lawfully be waived. Authors should continue to receive appropriate attribution.
Commercial reuse, translations and adaptations
CC BY 4.0 permits commercial reuse, translation and adaptation when its conditions are satisfied. A user must credit the source, identify the licence, indicate changes and avoid presenting an adaptation as an official CIJFMR version without authorisation.
Ask before relying on an uncertain permission
Questions about article reuse, permissions or a rights statement should identify the relevant publication and the proposed use.
Use the version of record with accurate attribution.
The article licence enables reuse. Separate third-party rights and Journal branding restrictions still apply.