Copyright & License

Copyright Ownership

Authors retain full copyright of their published work. By submitting and publishing with any Scholarnex journal, authors grant Scholarnex Insights & Consultancy the non-exclusive right to publish, distribute, reproduce, and archive the work in both digital and print formats. This agreement allows Scholarnex journals to make the article publicly available in alignment with open access principles while respecting the authors' intellectual ownership.

Licensing Terms

All articles published by Scholarnex journals are made available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

This license allows others to copy, distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the work for non-commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original authors and source. No prior permission is required for such uses, as long as they comply with the license terms and the work is not used for commercial purposes.

By submitting to Scholarnex journals, authors agree to have the CC BY-NC 4.0 license applied to their published work.

Use of Third-Party Materials

Authors are responsible for ensuring that all third-party materials included in their submissions (such as figures, tables, images, or text excerpts) comply with copyright laws. If such materials are owned by third parties, authors must obtain written permission from the copyright holders before submission.

All permissions must be submitted along with the manuscript and referenced appropriately in the cover letter. Scholarnex reserves the right to reject or retract submissions that contain unauthorized third-party content.

Data Sharing and Archiving

Authors are encouraged to share the final published version of their articles on personal websites, institutional repositories, or academic data-sharing platforms, provided it is clearly indicated that the version is the final published version and proper citation is included linking back to the original publication in the respective Scholarnex journal.