The International Journal of Behavioral Social and Movement Sciences (IJOBSMS) is committed to protecting the intellectual property rights of authors while promoting the broad dissemination, accessibility, and long-term preservation of scholarly research.
IJOBSMS 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 internationally recognized standards for open scholarly communication.
Authors retain copyright of their published work.
By submitting and publishing in IJOBSMS, authors grant the journal a non-exclusive license to publish, reproduce, distribute, archive, index, and make the article publicly available as part of the scholarly record.
All published articles are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). Under this license, authors retain copyright while permitting unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction, adaptation, and commercial reuse of the work, provided appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and source of publication.
The journal may undertake copyediting, formatting, and production activities necessary for publication while preserving the intellectual content of the work.
Authors are responsible for ensuring that:
Authors retain the right to:
Where manuscripts contain material owned by third parties, authors are responsible for obtaining all necessary permissions prior to submission. Such material may include figures, tables, images, maps, illustrations, survey instruments, and copyrighted datasets. The journal may request evidence of such permissions where necessary.
All published articles are permanently archived on the journal’s official website. Regular backup and data preservation practices are followed to ensure long-term accessibility and security of published content.
Authors remain responsible for ensuring compliance with copyright requirements, intellectual property obligations, and permission requirements relating to submitted content. The journal reserves the right to investigate concerns relating to copyright infringement, unauthorized use of copyrighted material, or violations of licensing requirements.
IJOBSMS supports the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and is committed to maintaining ethical, transparent, and responsible publishing practices.
This policy may be reviewed and updated periodically to reflect developments in scholarly publishing, copyright law, open access publishing, and international best practices.