Copyright & Licensing

ELTIES Journal is committed to promoting the broad dissemination, responsible reuse, and long-term accessibility of scholarly research. The journal supports open access publishing by allowing authors to retain copyright over their work while making published articles available to the academic community under a clearly defined licensing policy.

Copyright

Authors retain the copyright of their published articles.

By submitting a manuscript to ELTIES Journal, authors confirm that the work is original, has not been published previously, and is not under consideration for publication by another journal.

Authors grant ELTIES Journal the right of first publication and a non-exclusive right to publish, reproduce, distribute, display, and make the article available online as part of the journal's scholarly publishing activities.

Copyright remains with the authors unless otherwise agreed in writing. Publication in ELTIES Journal does not transfer copyright ownership from the authors to the journal.

Open Access Licence

Articles published by ELTIES Journal are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0).

Under this licence, users are permitted to:

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

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

These uses are permitted provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s), a link to the licence is provided, and any changes made to the original material are indicated.

The CC BY 4.0 licence facilitates the dissemination, accessibility, and reuse of scholarly work while requiring appropriate attribution to the original authors.

Full licence terms are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Author Rights

Authors retain the right to:

retain copyright ownership of their published articles;
share and disseminate the published version of their articles;
deposit their articles in institutional or subject repositories;
use their articles for teaching, research, and educational purposes;
include their published work in a thesis, dissertation, book, or other scholarly publication, provided appropriate acknowledgement is given;
distribute copies of their published articles for scholarly or educational purposes; and
reuse portions of their work in future publications, subject to appropriate acknowledgement and applicable third-party rights.

Authors are responsible for ensuring that any third-party material included in their manuscripts is properly credited and that the necessary permissions have been obtained where required.

Attribution and Reuse

Anyone reusing material published in ELTIES Journal must provide appropriate attribution to the original work.

Attribution should, where applicable, include:

the name(s) of the author(s);

the title of the article;

ELTIES Journal as the original publisher;

the publication year and relevant publication details;

the DOI or permanent article URL, where available; and

a link to the applicable Creative Commons licence.

A recommended attribution format is:

Author(s), “Article Title,” ELTIES Journal, volume, issue, year, DOI or URL. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Users must also indicate whether changes have been made to the original material.

Third-Party Material

Authors are responsible for ensuring that they have the necessary rights to reproduce photographs, figures, tables, research instruments, datasets, quotations, or other materials belonging to third parties.

Material that is not covered by the article's Creative Commons licence must be clearly identified, together with any applicable copyright notice or permission information.

The publication of an article in ELTIES Journal does not automatically authorize the reuse of third-party material contained in that article. Users must comply with the relevant copyright and licensing conditions applicable to such material.

Copyright and Editorial Independence

Manuscripts submitted to ELTIES Journal are evaluated according to the journal's editorial policies and peer-review standards, including originality, scholarly quality, relevance to the journal's aims and scope, methodological rigor, research integrity, and contribution to the field.

Licence Information

Each published article will display the applicable copyright and licence information on its article page and, where appropriate, in the published article.

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

The licence permits sharing and adaptation of the published material, including for commercial purposes, provided that the original authors and source are appropriately credited, the licence is linked, and changes are indicated.

Author Agreement

By submitting a manuscript to ELTIES Journal, authors confirm that:

They are authorized to grant the publication rights described in this policy.
The manuscript is their original work, or they have obtained the necessary permissions for third-party material included in it.
The manuscript is not simultaneously under consideration by another journal.
Relevant copyright, attribution, and permission requirements have been addressed.
Upon publication, the article will be made available under the journal's stated Creative Commons licence, CC BY 4.0.

ELTIES Journal may revise its copyright and licensing policy when necessary. Any substantive changes will be communicated transparently. Changes to the policy will not alter the licensing terms attached to articles already published under an earlier licence, unless otherwise agreed or required by applicable law.