Copyright Form
A Copyright Agreement (also known as a Copyright Transfer Agreement or CTA) is a legal document signed between an author (or group of authors) and a scholarly journal/publisher at the time of manuscript acceptance. In this agreement, the author typically transfers the copyright ownership of the article — including the right to reproduce, distribute, adapt, and commercially exploit the work — to the journal or publisher. In return, the publisher grants the author certain rights, such as the ability to use the article for personal, educational, or non-commercial purposes, self-archiving in repositories (with restrictions), or sharing with colleagues. Some journals now offer hybrid models like Copyright Retention or Open Access agreements, where the author retains copyright while licensing the work under Creative Commons (CC-BY or similar) licenses.
Copyright Policy and Author Agreement
JDHII follows a progressive open-access publishing model that balances author rights with maximum public benefit. When submitting a manuscript to JDHII, authors are required to agree to the journal’s copyright and licensing terms. The specific agreement is usually finalized upon manuscript ‘acceptance’.
Key Copyright Arrangements
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal a non-exclusive license to publish. The article is published under a Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, allowing sharing and adaptation with attribution).
What Authors Must Confirm
By submitting and later completing the copyright form, authors declare and agree that:
- The manuscript is original work and has not been published elsewhere (nor is under consideration by another journal).
- All listed authors have made significant contributions and approve the submission and publication.
- There are no conflicts of interest (or they have been declared). The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
- The work does not infringe any third-party copyright, and any reproduced material (figures, tables, text >200–300 words) has obtained necessary permissions.
- The corresponding author acts on behalf of all co-authors for all publication-related matters.
Copyright Agreement Form Process
- The copyright agreement is typically handled electronically via the journal’s submission system (e.g., after peer-review acceptance).
- You will receive an email to review and sign the appropriate copyright form.
- Do not submit the form during initial manuscript upload— it is required only after acceptance.
- For multi-author papers: Only the corresponding author completes the form, but must confirm that all co-authors agree to the terms.
Author Rights After Publication
JDHII Copyright Transfer Agreement: Authors assign full copyright to the journal/publisher with the following rights allowed to the authors.
- Use the article for teaching, internal institutional use, or personal website posting (usually the accepted manuscript version or final PDF with proper citation).
- Self-archive the accepted manuscript in repositories (e.g. institutional repository, ResearchGate, academia.edu) immediately (no embargo period).
- Share via scholarly collaboration networks.
Downloadable Template
JDHII journal requires authors to download > sign > email the filled copyright agreement form to jdhii@ciir.in.