Copyright & Licensing

Clarifying the legal relationship between authors and the journal, and explaining the benefits of the CC BY 4.0 license for maximum research impact.

Copyright Ownership

At the International Journal of Advanced Computing and Mechanical Systems (IJACM), we believe that authors should remain the primary owners of their intellectual property.

Author Retention

IJACM authors retain full copyright of their manuscripts.

Publishing Grant

Authors grant IJACM a non-exclusive license to publish, archive, and distribute the work.

Licensing Framework

All research published in IJACM is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). This is the gold standard for open-access publishing.

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0

This license permits maximum dissemination and reuse of research while ensuring authors receive proper credit for their work.

What does CC BY 4.0 allow?

Share

Copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.

Adapt

Remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.

The only condition is Attribution: Users must give appropriate credit and provide a link to the license.

Rights of Authors & Journal

Because you retain the copyright, you have broad rights to reuse your work without seeking permission from the journal.

Rights of Authors

  • Using the article in your own teaching or for internal institutional purposes.
  • Including the article (or portions of it) in a thesis, dissertation, or book.
  • Posting the "Version of Record" on personal websites or institutional repositories immediately upon publication.

Rights of the Journal

  • The right to identify IJACM as the original place of publication.
  • The right to migrate the work to different formats to ensure long-term digital preservation.
  • The right to include the work in various scholarly indexes and databases.

Self-Archiving & Repositories

Authors may post the final published PDF (Version of Record) immediately to:

Personal Websites

Your professional academic homepage

Institutional Repositories

Your university's digital archive

Academic Networks

ResearchGate or Academia.edu

Author Warranties

By agreeing to our licensing terms, authors certify that:

1

Originality & Non-Infringement

The work is original and does not infringe upon the intellectual property rights of any third party.

2

Third-Party Permissions

If the work contains third-party material, the authors have obtained necessary permissions.

3

Exclusive Submission

The manuscript has not been published elsewhere and is not under consideration by another journal.

Need More Information?

For specific questions about copyright, licensing, or how to reuse your work, please contact our editorial office.

editor@ijacm.com