ISSN: xxxx-xxxx • Open Access

Copyright and Licensing

J Open: Special and Inclusive Education operates under an open-access publishing model, ensuring that all published research is freely available to the global scientific community without financial, legal, or technical barriers.

Copyright Ownership

All articles published in the journal remain the intellectual property of the authors. Upon acceptance, authors retain full copyright while granting the journal a non-exclusive license to publish, distribute, and archive their work.

This includes the right of the journal to:

  • Publish and disseminate the article
  • Assign a DOI (Digital Object Identifier)
  • Index and archive the article in databases and repositories
  • Promote the article through various academic platforms

Authors are free to reuse, distribute, and republish their work in any medium, provided that the original publication in the journal is properly cited.

Licensing Policy

All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license.

This license permits:

  • Unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium
  • Adaptation, remixing, and transformation of the work
  • Commercial and non-commercial use

provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and the source.

Author Rights and Responsibilities

Authors retain full rights to their work and may:

  • Share their articles on personal or institutional websites
  • Deposit their work in repositories and databases
  • Distribute and reuse their work without restriction

Authors are responsible for ensuring that:

  • Their work is original
  • It does not infringe third-party copyrights
  • Any third-party materials (e.g., figures, tables, datasets) are used with proper permission and attribution

Reader Rights

Under the CC BY 4.0 license:

  • Readers have free and unlimited access to all articles
  • Articles may be shared, cited, and reused without restriction
  • Any reuse must include proper attribution to the original authors

Citation and Attribution

When citing content from the journal, proper attribution must be provided as follows:

Author(s). (Year). Title of the article. J Open: Special and Inclusive Education. DOI: [DOI link]. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Third-Party Content

If an article contains materials not created by the author, the author must:

  • Obtain permission from the copyright holder
  • Clearly indicate the original source
  • Ensure compliance with the CC BY 4.0 license

Policy Updates

The journal reserves the right to update its copyright and licensing policies when necessary. Any changes will be published on the journal’s website. Continued use of the journal implies acceptance of the current version of this policy.