Authors’ Rights

SRC Publishers is committed to supporting authors by ensuring that they retain significant rights over their published work while promoting wide dissemination and accessibility of research.

1. Copyright Ownership

Authors retain the copyright of their published articles. By submitting and publishing with SRC Publishers, authors grant the publisher the right to publish, distribute, and promote the work.

2. Open Access and Licensing

All articles published by SRC Publishers are made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), unless otherwise specified.

This license allows:

  • Free access to the published content
  • Sharing and redistribution in any medium
  • Adaptation and reuse for any purpose, including commercial use

Provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and SRC Publishers.

3. Author Rights to Reuse Content

Authors are allowed to:

  • Use their published work in future research, books, or presentations
  • Share their articles on personal websites, institutional repositories, or academic platforms
  • Distribute copies to colleagues or students

Proper citation to the original publication must always be included.

4. Self-Archiving

Authors may deposit preprints, accepted manuscripts, and final published versions in institutional or subject repositories without embargo, provided proper attribution is maintained.

5. Attribution Requirements

Any reuse or redistribution must include:

  • Author name(s)
  • Article title
  • Journal name
  • SRC Publishers as the publisher
  • Link to the original article
  • Reference to the CC BY 4.0 license

6. Third-Party Content

Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for any third-party material (e.g., images, tables, figures) not covered under the Creative Commons license.

7. Integrity of the Work

Authors must ensure that their work is original, properly cited, and not modified in a way that misrepresents the research.

8. Publisher Rights

SRC Publishers retains the right to distribute, archive, promote, and index the published content while maintaining the integrity of the scholarly record.

9. Compliance with Policies

Authors must comply with all SRC Publishers policies, including Publishing Ethics, Plagiarism Policy, and Conflict of Interest Policy.