Copyright and Licensing
Copyright Ownership
All articles published in the International Journal for Research in Environment (IJRE) remain the copyright of the author(s).
Authors retain full ownership of their work without transferring copyright to the journal.
By submitting and publishing with IJRE, authors grant the publisher a non-exclusive license to publish, archive, display, reproduce, and distribute the article as part of the journal's scholarly content.
Licensing Terms (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
All published articles are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) License.
This license allows users to:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
- Non-Commercial Use — use the content for non-commercial purposes only.
- Free Access — access and share published articles without subscription restrictions.
Under the following conditions:
- Attribution — Appropriate credit must be given to the author(s) and the journal.
- Non-Commercial — The material may not be used for commercial purposes.
- No Derivatives — The published work may not be modified, adapted, or transformed.
Author Rights
Authors publishing in IJRE retain the right to:
- Share the published article on personal websites, institutional repositories, or academic platforms.
- Distribute the published article or article link for scholarly and non-commercial purposes.
- Use their published work for educational, research, and other permitted non-commercial scholarly purposes.
- Retain copyright ownership of their original scholarly work.
Authors are encouraged to cite the published version of record whenever sharing or referencing their work.
Third-Party Use
Readers and other users may download and share published articles for non-commercial purposes, provided that:
- The original author(s) and journal are properly acknowledged.
- The published work is not altered, modified, or adapted.
- Appropriate bibliographic information is retained.
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Any use beyond the scope of the applicable license requires appropriate permission from the copyright holder(s).
Permissions and Reuse
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