Copyright & Licensing Policy

P-ISSN: 3051-3790 E-ISSN: 3051-3804
Copyright and Licensing Policy

The International Journal of Recent Innovations (IJRI) is committed to protecting the intellectual property rights of authors while promoting the wide dissemination, accessibility, and long-term preservation of scholarly research.

IJRI is a fully open-access journal. All published articles are made freely and permanently available online immediately upon publication without subscription fees or access restrictions, in accordance with recognised standards for open scholarly communication.

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0)
CC BY 4.0

Authors retain copyright in their published work. By publishing in IJRI, authors grant the journal a non-exclusive licence to publish, reproduce, distribute, archive, index, and make the article publicly available as part of the permanent scholarly record.

This licence permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction, adaptation, and commercial reuse of the work in any medium, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original authors and the original source of publication.

Author Responsibilities
  • • Ensure that the manuscript is original and has not been published elsewhere.
  • • Confirm that the work does not infringe any copyright or intellectual property.
  • • Obtain appropriate permissions for third-party materials used.
  • • Accurately cite and acknowledge all external research sources.
Author Rights & Reuse
  • • Share, distribute, and link freely to the full text of published articles.
  • • Deposit the Version of Record in institutional or subject repositories.
  • • Reuse published content for teaching, theses, dissertations, and books.
  • • Distribute copies for academic purposes with proper IJRI acknowledgment.
Third-Party Material & Permissions

Where a manuscript contains third-party material—including figures, tables, illustrations, maps, photographs, or datasets—authors must obtain all necessary copyright permissions prior to submission.

Authors must provide accurate attribution and comply with holder conditions. Documentary evidence of permission may be requested by the editorial office at any processing stage.

Copyright Compliance and Investigation

The journal investigates suspected copyright infringement or unauthorized third-party material use. Confirmed violations trigger direct corrective actions:

Manuscript Return
Direct Rejection
Publishing Correction
Material Removal
Article Retraction
Institutional Notice
Archiving and Long-Term Preservation

Long-term accessibility and integrity of published scholarly records are maintained through persistent digital infrastructure:

• Regular secure server backups.
• Full preservation of published article files.
• Persistent article URLs and Crossref DOI links.
• Structured storage of article metadata.
• Complete website disaster recovery procedures.
• Synchronization with scholarly repositories.
Alignment with COPE Core Practices

The journal’s copyright and licensing procedures are developed with reference to recognized publication-ethics principles and the COPE Core Practices. IJRI is committed to maintaining transparency, accountability, fairness, and respect for intellectual property rights across all editorial operations.

Policy Review & Disclaimer Notice

Authors are exclusively responsible for ensuring originality and compliance with copyright legislation. Confirmed infringements trigger corrective actions per established ethical procedures.

This policy is reviewed periodically to maintain alignment with open-access publishing standards and international copyright legislation. The latest approved version remains publicly available on the official IJRI website.