Copyright & Licensing Policy

The Indian Journal of Climate & Environmental Studies (IJCEMS) promotes open knowledge dissemination and ensures that authors retain full rights over their intellectual property while allowing global access under a clear and transparent licensing framework.

1. Copyright Ownership

Authors publishing with IJCEMS retain the copyright of their work.
Upon acceptance, authors grant IJCEMS a non-exclusive right to:

• Publish, distribute, and archive the work online.
  
  

• Include the article in indexing databases, repositories, and institutional archives.
  
  

• Use the article for promotional, academic, or educational purposes with full author attribution.
  
  

This ensures that while the author keeps ownership, IJCEMS can make the work widely available and permanently accessible to readers worldwide.

2. Licensing Terms

All published content in IJCEMS is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Under this license, readers and researchers are free to:

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

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

Attribution Requirement:
Proper credit must be given to the original author(s) and the source (IJCEMS).
A link to the license must be provided, and any changes made must be clearly indicated.

License link: 🔗 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

3. Author Rights

Authors publishing with IJCEMS have the right to:

• Reuse, reproduce, or distribute their published article.
  
  

• Deposit the final published version in institutional repositories, personal websites, or subject-based archives.
  
  

• Use their article for teaching, presentations, or future research, with due acknowledgment of the original publication.
  
  

There are no transfer of copyright or hidden ownership clauses — IJCEMS operates with complete transparency.

4. Publisher Rights

IJCEMS retains the right to:

• Maintain the integrity of the scholarly record.
  
  

• Include the article in indexing, citation, or archiving databases.
  
  

• Promote or distribute the article across academic networks and open-access directories, with full author credit.
  
  

5. Third-Party Material

Authors are responsible for obtaining written permission to reuse any third-party material (figures, images, tables, or excerpts) included in their manuscript.
Such permissions must cover online open-access distribution under CC BY 4.0.
Authors must acknowledge all third-party content in their work.

6. Revocation & Withdrawal

If copyright violations, plagiarism, or legal disputes arise post-publication:

• IJCEMS reserves the right to retract or remove the article.
  
  

• A retraction notice explaining the reason will remain permanently visible on the website.
  
  

• Copyright ownership remains with the author, but distribution rights may be suspended if ethical breaches are found.
  
  

7. Compliance and Transparency

This policy aligns with:

• Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0)
  
  

• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
  
  

• Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
  
  

• Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI)
  
  

• UGC CARE & Indian Citation Index (ICI) guidelines
  
  

8. Contact

For copyright or licensing inquiries:
📧 ijces.india@gmail.com