Copyright Policy

JPMHR does not ordinarily require authors to assign or transfer ownership of copyright to BMU Ventures (Private) Limited or to the journal.

Where an author's employer, institution, government body, funder, or another entity lawfully owns copyright in a particular work, the relevant ownership position should be accurately disclosed before publication.

Copyright ownership is distinct from the open licence applied to the publication. The copyright holder retains ownership while CC BY 4.0 grants broad reuse rights to the public.

These rights may include authority to:

• publish the accepted article as the Version of Record;
• host and distribute the article online;
• reproduce the article in journal publication formats;
• prepare and distribute bibliographic metadata;
• register and maintain DOI metadata;
• provide metadata to indexing, abstracting, discovery, and repository services;
• deposit the article with verified preservation services where operational;
• maintain archival and backup copies;
• implement corrections, retractions, and other formal scholarly-record notices; and
• take reasonable technical steps required to ensure continuing access to the publication.

These rights are non-exclusive. Authors remain free to exercise their own copyright and to reuse their work consistently with the applicable licence and any third-party rights.

CC BY 4.0 permits users to:

• copy and redistribute licensed content;
• share articles in any medium or format;
• adapt, remix, transform, and build upon the work;
• translate published content;
• reuse material in educational or professional contexts;
• conduct text and data mining; and
• make commercial as well as non-commercial use of licensed material.

Users must provide appropriate attribution, identify the licence, and indicate changes where applicable.

The licence does not transfer copyright ownership from the authors to the public. It grants permissions for reuse while the authors remain the copyright holders.

Authors may ordinarily:

• share the article with colleagues and students;
• deposit the article in institutional or subject repositories;
• post the article on a personal or professional academic website;
• include the article in a thesis or dissertation;
• reuse portions in later books or chapters;
• use the material in lectures, courses, workshops, or training;
• present the findings at conferences and professional meetings;
• translate or adapt their own work;
• include the work in grant, institutional, or professional portfolios; and
• develop subsequent research based on the published article.

Where the Version of Record is reused or deposited, authors should provide the formal citation and DOI or permanent JPMHR article link where available.

Submitted Version / Preprint

Authors may retain and share the manuscript version existing before formal peer review, subject to disclosure requirements concerning preprints and prior dissemination.

Accepted Manuscript

Authors may retain and archive the peer-reviewed manuscript accepted for publication before final journal formatting and production.

Version of Record

Authors may also share the formally published Version of Record in accordance with the journal's CC BY 4.0 licence and Self-Archiving Policy.

Once the Version of Record is available, earlier versions should, where practical, include a citation and link directing readers to the final published article.

Third-party copyrighted material may include:

• figures;
• tables;
• photographs;
• medical or clinical images;
• maps;
• questionnaires;
• measurement scales;
• assessment instruments;
• illustrations;
• software or proprietary outputs; and
• substantial excerpts from other publications.

Authors are responsible for determining whether such material is:

• in the public domain;
• available under a compatible open licence;
• covered by a lawful exception or limitation; or
• subject to permission from the rights holder.

Where permission is required, authors must obtain appropriate permission before publication and comply with any required credit wording.

Third-party material not covered by the article's CC BY 4.0 licence must be clearly identified so that readers do not mistakenly assume unrestricted reuse rights.

Captions or accompanying notes should indicate where material is:

• original to the submitted article;
• reproduced from another source;
• adapted or modified from another source;
• licensed under separate terms; or
• used with permission from a rights holder.

Permission to use copyright-protected material does not automatically mean that the material becomes CC BY 4.0. The conditions specified by the original rights holder remain applicable unless broader rights were expressly granted.

An author may have copyright permission to publish a photograph, image, case description, or clinical record but still require appropriate participant or patient consent if the information is identifiable.

Similarly, participant consent does not by itself establish copyright permission where another party owns the underlying image, instrument, or material.

Authors must satisfy both sets of obligations independently.

By proceeding with publication, authors are expected to ensure that:

• they have the authority to submit the manuscript;
• all authors have agreed to publication;
• the manuscript does not unlawfully reproduce protected content;
• required permissions have been obtained;
• third-party sources are properly acknowledged;
• licensing information is accurate;
• prior publication has been disclosed where relevant; and
• the article does not knowingly violate another publisher's exclusive rights.

Where ownership or permission is unclear, JPMHR may request documentation before publication.

A standard article-level notice should communicate, as applicable:

• that copyright is retained by the author or authors;
• the year of publication;
• the applicable CC BY 4.0 licence;
• the licence URL;
• the journal name; and
• any separate rights statement applying to excluded third-party material.

JPMHR seeks consistency between article landing pages, published full-text files, DOI metadata, and other distributed publication metadata.

Where necessary, JPMHR may publish:

• corrections;
• addenda;
• Expressions of Concern;
• retractions; or
• other appropriate scholarly-record notices.

These actions do not transfer copyright ownership from the author. They form part of the journal's responsibility to maintain an accurate Version of Record.

Substantive published material should not be silently altered merely because authors retain copyright.

JPMHR may respond where journal or author content is used in a manner involving:

• plagiarism;
• removal or falsification of attribution;
• impersonation of the journal or authors;
• misleading republication;
• false claims that altered material is the official Version of Record;
• infringement of third-party rights;
• deceptive use of the JPMHR name or branding; or
• other conduct outside the permissions granted by the applicable licence.

Where appropriate, JPMHR or the relevant rights holder may request correction of attribution, clarification of publication status, removal of infringing material, or other proportionate action.

Lawful reuse expressly permitted by CC BY 4.0 must not be treated as infringement merely because the reuse is commercial, critical, or independent of the journal.

Users may accurately identify JPMHR as the original publication source when providing attribution.

The journal name, logo, website design, and publisher branding must not be used in a way that falsely suggests:

• official journal publication of a derivative work;
• journal sponsorship;
• journal endorsement;
• publisher endorsement; or
• formal affiliation that does not exist.

• Copyright Policy: identifies who owns the scholarly work and what rights authors retain.
• Licensing Policy: defines the reuse permissions granted to the public through CC BY 4.0.
• Open Access Policy: explains that published scholarly content is available immediately and freely to readers without an embargo.

Therefore:

Authors retain copyright + JPMHR publishes under CC BY 4.0 + readers receive immediate open access.