Copyright Policy

The International Journal of Behavioral Social and Movement Sciences (IJOBSMS) adheres to a strong commitment to open access publishing, allowing authors to retain the copyright of their work while granting the journal the right of first publication.

1. Author Copyright

Authors retain full copyright of their submitted and published work. Upon acceptance, authors grant IJOBSMS a non-exclusive license to publish, distribute, and archive the work electronically and in print, and to make it available through various indexing and archiving platforms.

2. Licensing Terms

All published articles in IJOBSMS are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). This license permits others to:

Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material

Under the following terms:

Attribution: Proper credit must be given to the original author(s) and the journal.
NonCommercial: The material may not be used for commercial purposes.

3. Author Warranties

By submitting a manuscript to IJOBSMS, authors warrant that:

The work is original and has not been published elsewhere.
The work does not infringe on any copyright, proprietary, or personal rights of any third party.
All sources and contributors are properly acknowledged.

4. Plagiarism & Misconduct

IJOBSMS reserves the right to retract articles found to be plagiarized, fabricated, or in violation of ethical publishing standards. Authors are responsible for the accuracy and originality of their work.

5. Archiving and Reuse

Published articles are stored in multiple indexing and archiving systems. Authors may archive preprints or final published versions on personal websites, institutional repositories, or academic networks, provided appropriate citation is maintained.