Copyright Policy

The Journal of Exact Community Health & Rehabilitation Sciences (JECH), published by EXACT RESEARCH SOLUTIONS (SMC-PRIVATE) LIMITED, fully respects and safeguards authors' intellectual property and legal rights. All authors publishing their research in JECH retain full copyright ownership of their scholarly work.

Author Copyright Ownership

Authors retain 100% copyright ownership of their articles published in JECH. Upon formal manuscript acceptance, authors grant the journal and publisher a non-exclusive right to publish, archive, index, and disseminate the work.

This framework ensures that:

  • Authors remain the sole legal copyright holders.

  • Authors reserve the unrestricted right to reuse their article in future research, clinical manuals, or derivative works.

  • The journal holds non-exclusive publishing rights to host the work online and maintain continuous open access to the permanent scholarly record.

JECH never demands or requires authors to transfer copyright ownership to the journal or publisher.

Licence for Publication

All research published in JECH is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. Under the terms of this open-access framework:

  • Any reader, practitioner, or researcher may freely share, copy, redistribute, adapt, or build upon the published content.

  • Utilization for commercial purposes, clinical training modules, or derivative works is explicitly permitted.

  • Mandatory attribution and proper scholarly citation credited to the original author(s) and JECH are required for all reuses.

Author Rights After Publication

Authors retain comprehensive self-archiving and distribution rights post-publication. Authors are permitted to:

  • Deposit submitted preprints, accepted postprints, or final published Version of Record PDFs in institutional repositories, subject-specific archives, or academic profiles without embargo periods.

  • Incorporate their published manuscript into textbooks, academic dissertations, clinical guidelines, or teaching materials.

  • Share the final published article freely across professional networks, academic platforms, personal websites, or clinical research portals.

  • Present the research findings at international conferences, symposia, or professional medical meetings.

No formal written authorization or permission from the editorial office is required for these standard reuses.

Third-Party Copyright

Authors submitting to JECH bear full legal responsibility for securing official written permission to reproduce any third-party copyrighted materials (such as illustrations, clinical images, validated questionnaires, assessment scales, or complex data tables) included within their manuscript.

All third-party content incorporated into the manuscript must clearly include:

  • An explicit credit line

  • The original source citation

  • The relevant license permissions or copyright acknowledgment notice

Copyright Notice Display

In alignment with global indexing best practices and open-access transparency, every published article landing page and PDF document will feature the following standard copyright attribution:

© Author(s) [Year of Publication]. Published by EXACT RESEARCH SOLUTIONS (SMC-PRIVATE) LIMITED under the CC BY 4.0 licence.

Publisher Responsibilities

EXACT RESEARCH SOLUTIONS (SMC-PRIVATE) LIMITED and JECH commit to:

  • Guaranteeing long-term digital preservation and continuous accessibility via the PKP Preservation Network (PKP-PN).

  • Ensuring accurate, permanent attribution to original authors across all metadata systems.

  • Refraining from altering or modifying the scientific content of published articles without express authorial agreement.

  • Adhering strictly to ICMJE Recommendations and established Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines when investigating copyright disputes, authorship conflicts, or ethical concerns.

Protection Against Misuse

To protect authors' scholarly contributions against copyright infringement, unauthorized commercial republication, or systematic content scraping:

  • The journal will issue formal cease-and-desist notices to infringing parties.

  • The publisher may initiate formal takedown notices and legal enforcement where applicable.

  • Relevant academic indexing bodies and institutions will be notified in cases of severe infringement.

The legal rights of authors publishing with JECH remain fully protected under international copyright conventions.