Intellectual property

Intellectual Property, Copyright and Publication Charges

Copyright and Licensing

The International Journal of Advanced Research in Humanities and Law (IJREL) respects the intellectual property rights of authors and is committed to transparent and fair publishing practices.

Authors retain the copyright of their original work and grant IJREL the right of first publication. Published articles are made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License.

Under the CC BY 4.0 License, readers may:

  • Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.

  • Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, including commercial purposes.

These freedoms apply provided that the terms of the license are followed.

Attribution

Users must provide appropriate credit to the original author(s), provide a link to the CC BY 4.0 license, and indicate whether changes were made to the original work.

No additional legal or technological restrictions may be applied that would prevent others from exercising the rights granted by the license.

Authors may enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the published version of their work, provided that the article's initial publication in IJREL is properly acknowledged.

Authors are also permitted and encouraged to share their work through institutional repositories, personal academic websites, or other appropriate scholarly platforms, subject to applicable copyright and licensing requirements.

All articles published by IJREL are assigned a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to facilitate persistent identification, citation, and access.

Article Processing Charge (APC)

IJREL is an open-access journal. Article Processing Charges, where applicable, support the editorial, production, hosting, maintenance, and dissemination services required to make published articles openly accessible.

The APC covers publishing services that may include:

  • Online tools and editorial management services for authors and editors.

  • Manuscript production and preparation for publication.

  • Secure online hosting and dissemination of published articles.

  • DOI registration and related publishing services.

  • Editorial and author support.

  • Maintenance of the journal's online publication platform.

The APC is payable only after a manuscript has been accepted for publication. Authors are not required to pay an APC at the time of submission.

The applicable APC amount and payment instructions will be communicated to the corresponding author through the journal's official editorial email after acceptance.

The article will be published after the applicable APC has been received and the publication process has been completed.

Payment

Authors, their institutions, or research funders may be responsible for payment of the applicable APC.

Payment instructions, including available payment methods and any applicable invoice requirements, will be provided by the editorial office after acceptance.

Authors should use only the official payment information provided by the journal and should contact the editorial office if clarification is required.

Duplicate Submission

Authors must not submit the same manuscript simultaneously to more than one journal, regardless of whether the manuscripts are submitted in the same or different languages.

Simultaneous submission can result in unnecessary duplication of peer-review and editorial work and may create conflicts regarding publication rights.

By submitting a manuscript to IJREL, authors confirm that the manuscript is not under simultaneous consideration by another journal.

Duplicate and Prior Publication

Duplicate publication refers to the publication of substantially overlapping material that has already been published elsewhere without clear and appropriate reference to the previous publication.

Authors must disclose any previous or related publication, submission, or publicly available version that substantially overlaps with the manuscript submitted to IJREL.

If a manuscript contains material that has previously been published or is closely related to another manuscript submitted or accepted elsewhere, authors must clearly disclose this information to the editorial office and provide relevant documentation when requested.

The editorial team will assess the circumstances and determine the appropriate course of action in accordance with the journal's publication ethics policies.

Preprints and Prior Dissemination

Authors may share their work through appropriate preprint servers, institutional repositories, or personal academic websites, provided that the nature and status of the work are clearly identified.

Authors should inform IJREL if the submitted manuscript, or a substantially similar version, has previously been posted as a preprint or made publicly available.

A preprint should be clearly identified as a non-peer-reviewed version where applicable. Authors remain responsible for accurately disclosing relevant prior dissemination and related publications.

Publication Ethics

IJREL considers duplicate submission, duplicate publication, plagiarism, undisclosed prior publication, and other forms of publication misconduct seriously.

Where concerns arise, the journal may investigate the matter and take appropriate editorial action in accordance with its publication ethics policies and applicable Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) principles.

Journal Information

International Journal of Advanced Research in Humanities and Law (IJREL)
ISSN: 2980-4043
Publication Frequency: Quarterly
Language: English
Access: Open Access
License: CC BY 4.0
DOI: Assigned to published articles