License Terms

Copyright and Licensing Policy

The International Journal of Medical Research and Innovation in Applied Science (IJMRIAS) follows an open-access licensing framework designed to promote free dissemination, global accessibility, and responsible reuse of scholarly research while safeguarding the rights of authors.

1. Copyright Ownership

Authors publishing in IJMRIAS retain copyright ownership of their scholarly work.

By submitting and publishing an article in IJMRIAS, authors grant the journal a non-exclusive licence to:

  • Publish, reproduce, and distribute the article.
  • Archive the article in electronic and print formats.
  • Index and disseminate the article through scholarly databases, repositories, and indexing platforms.
  • Maintain permanent digital preservation of the published work.
  • Make the article publicly accessible through the journal website and related academic channels.

This non-exclusive licence allows IJMRIAS to publish and preserve the article while ensuring that authors retain ownership and academic control over their intellectual work.

2. Creative Commons Licence

Unless otherwise specified, articles published in IJMRIAS are distributed under the:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)

The CC BY 4.0 licence permits users to access, use, copy, reproduce, distribute, display, perform, adapt, translate, modify, and build upon published work for lawful purposes, including commercial use, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and source.

3. What Users May Do Under CC BY 4.0

Read and Access

  • Read articles online free of charge.
  • Download full-text articles.
  • Store copies for personal, academic, institutional, or educational use.
  • Access published content without subscription fees or paywalls.

Copy and Reproduce

  • Photocopy articles.
  • Reproduce articles in print or digital formats.
  • Include articles in educational materials.
  • Preserve copies in repositories, libraries, archives, or institutional databases.

Share and Redistribute

  • Share articles with students, colleagues, researchers, clinicians, and collaborators.
  • Distribute articles through websites, repositories, databases, and academic platforms.
  • Post articles on institutional or personal academic webpages.
  • Include published articles in institutional repositories.

Adapt and Modify

  • Translate articles into other languages.
  • Create derivative works.
  • Adapt content for educational or research purposes.
  • Use figures, tables, and text in future scholarly work with proper attribution.
  • Incorporate material into review articles, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and research projects.

Build Upon the Work

  • Use published findings in subsequent research.
  • Develop new research based on published studies.
  • Create educational resources from published content.
  • Use published methods, concepts, and frameworks in academic work.

Commercial Use

  • Include content in commercial books or textbooks.
  • Use material in professional training resources.
  • Include content in paid educational course packages.
  • Use published findings in commercial research products, provided proper attribution is maintained.

4. Examples of Permitted Uses

Academic Use

  • Citing and referencing published articles.
  • Including figures in lecture presentations.
  • Using content in theses and dissertations.
  • Incorporating findings into future research.
  • Preparing literature reviews.

Educational Use

  • Including articles in course packs.
  • Sharing content with students.
  • Translating educational materials.
  • Developing teaching resources.
  • Using content in online learning platforms.

Research Use

  • Reusing datasets with attribution.
  • Building upon published methodologies.
  • Conducting replication studies.
  • Integrating content into research projects.
  • Creating derivative analyses.

Repository Use

  • Depositing articles in institutional repositories.
  • Archiving articles in subject repositories.
  • Sharing articles on university websites.
  • Uploading published articles to academic platforms.
  • Supporting long-term digital preservation.

Professional and Commercial Use

  • Including content in professional reports.
  • Using figures or tables in textbooks.
  • Publishing translated editions.
  • Integrating findings into commercial training materials.
  • Reproducing content in scholarly compilations.

5. Attribution Requirements

All users must provide appropriate credit when reusing IJMRIAS content.

Proper attribution should include:

  • Name(s) of the author(s).
  • Title of the article.
  • Name of the journal.
  • Year of publication.
  • Volume, issue, and page/article number where applicable.
  • DOI or permanent article link where available.
  • Link to the Creative Commons licence.
  • Clear indication of any modifications, translations, or adaptations.

Example attribution:

Adapted from Smith J., Kumar R., and Lee P., “Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare,” International Journal of Medical Research and Innovation in Applied Science, 2025, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

6. Author Rights

Authors retain copyright ownership of their work and may reuse their published article without requesting additional permission from the journal, provided proper citation is maintained.

Authors may:

  • Share published articles freely.
  • Deposit the published version in institutional repositories.
  • Upload articles to personal academic websites.
  • Share articles on academic networking platforms.
  • Distribute copies to students, colleagues, and researchers.
  • Use published content in books, lectures, conference presentations, and future research.
  • Include the article in theses, dissertations, edited volumes, or compilations.
  • Reuse figures, tables, and text with proper citation.

7. User Responsibilities

Users of IJMRIAS content must:

  • Provide appropriate attribution to the original author(s) and journal.
  • Preserve academic integrity.
  • Clearly indicate any changes, edits, translations, or adaptations.
  • Not misrepresent the original work.
  • Not imply endorsement by the author(s), IJMRIAS, or the publisher without written permission.
  • Use content responsibly, ethically, and lawfully.

8. What Users May Not Do

Although the CC BY 4.0 licence is highly permissive, users may not:

  • Claim authorship of another person's work.
  • Remove author attribution.
  • Present modified work as the original version.
  • Use content in a misleading or deceptive manner.
  • Imply endorsement by the author(s), journal, or publisher without permission.
  • Violate copyright, privacy, ethical, medical, or legal requirements.
  • Misuse medical research for unsafe, misleading, or unapproved clinical claims.

9. Third-Party Materials

Some articles may contain third-party materials such as images, figures, tables, photographs, maps, datasets, multimedia content, clinical images, diagnostic scans, or copyrighted illustrations.

The Creative Commons licence applies only to content for which the author(s) hold rights or for which reuse permission has been obtained.

Users wishing to reuse third-party content should verify copyright status and obtain permission from the original rights holder where necessary.

10. Benefits of CC BY 4.0 Licensing

For Authors

  • Increased visibility.
  • Wider readership.
  • Greater citation potential.
  • Enhanced research impact.
  • Global accessibility.

For Readers

  • Free access to research.
  • Unrestricted educational use.
  • Easier knowledge sharing.
  • Broader scientific collaboration.

For Society

  • Accelerated scientific discovery.
  • Improved knowledge dissemination.
  • Increased innovation.
  • Support for open science and public health advancement.

11. Licence Modifications

Any variation from the default Creative Commons licence must be approved by the Editorial Office before publication and will be clearly indicated in the published article.

12. Policy Updates

IJMRIAS reserves the right to update its copyright and licensing terms in accordance with evolving legal, ethical, open-access, and scholarly publishing standards. Updated terms will be made available on the journal's official website.

13. Licence Reference

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)

Official Creative Commons Licence Information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This licence permits sharing, adaptation, distribution, and reproduction in any medium or format, provided appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and source.