Copyright and licensing
Authors keep their copyright, and everyone can read and reuse the work with credit.
At a glance
- Copyright holder
- The authors
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Access
- Free to read on publication
- Fees
- None for authors or readers
- Self-archiving
- Allowed at any time, in any repository, with a citation to CIJAR
For authors
You don't transfer your copyright to us. When your paper is accepted, you give CIJAR permission to publish it, and you agree that it will be released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0).
You remain responsible for the originality and accuracy of your work. You're free to share the published version on your website, in institutional or subject repositories, and on academic networks, as long as you cite the original publication in CIJAR.
For readers
Under CC BY 4.0, anyone may, without asking permission:
Share
Copy and redistribute the article in any medium or format, including printing copies.
Adapt
Translate, remix, transform or build on it, for any purpose, including commercial use.
The only condition is attribution: you must credit the authors and the journal, link to the licence and say if you changed anything. You mustn't suggest that the authors or CIJAR endorse you or your use. These freedoms can't be withdrawn as long as you follow the licence. Read the full terms at creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.
How to give credit
A good credit line includes the authors, the article title, the journal name, the volume, issue and year, a link to the article, the licence, and a note of any changes. For example:
Author, A. and Author, B. (2026). Title of the article. Cordoba International Journal of Academic Research, 1(1), pages. https://cijar.org/article/… Licensed under CC BY 4.0. No changes made.
Material owned by others
The CC BY licence covers only the authors' own content. If an article includes a figure, image, table or long extract owned by someone else, that item stays under its original owner's terms, and the caption or text will say so. Check those terms before reusing such material.
Reporting misuse
If you see CIJAR content used without proper credit, or someone else's work published in CIJAR without permission, let us know. We'll look into it and take appropriate action, which may include contacting the person responsible.
Questions about this policy? Write to editor@cijar.org.
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