Copyright & Licensing Policy

Copyright:

Authors retain the full copyright of their work published in the International Journal for Development of Science and Technology (IJDST). By submitting and publishing their manuscript, authors grant IJDST a non-exclusive, worldwide, and perpetual right to publish, reproduce, distribute, display, and archive the article in all forms and media.

The journal is recognized as the original publisher of the work. This agreement does not transfer ownership of copyright from the authors to the journal.

Authors are free to use, share, and distribute their published work for academic, research, and educational purposes, provided that proper acknowledgment of the original publication in IJDST is given.

Any third-party material included in the article remains the responsibility of the authors, and necessary permissions must be obtained prior to publication.

License Policy

The International Journal for Development of Science and Technology (IJDST) follows an open-access publishing system to ensure that scholarly research is freely accessible to researchers, academicians, students, institutions, and the global scientific community. All articles published in IJDST are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) , unless otherwise specified by the journal.

Under this licensing model, readers and users are permitted to read, download, copy, print, share, distribute, transmit, and reproduce the published work in any medium or format for lawful academic, educational, research, or commercial purposes. Users may also adapt, remix, transform, and build upon the published material, provided that proper acknowledgment is given to the original author(s) and IJDST as the source of publication.

The CC BY 4.0 license promotes maximum visibility, accessibility, and dissemination of research while ensuring that the intellectual contributions of authors are appropriately recognized. Any reuse or redistribution of the published content must include proper citation details, including the name of the author(s), article title, journal name, volume, issue, and year of publication.

Users are not permitted to present the published work in a misleading manner or imply endorsement by IJDST or the original author(s) without prior written permission. Any modifications, adaptations, or derivative works created from the original publication must clearly indicate that changes have been made to the original content.

Authors publishing in IJDST retain copyright ownership of their work while granting the journal non-exclusive rights to publish, archive, preserve, index, and distribute the article through academic databases, repositories, indexing services, and digital platforms for scholarly communication and long-term preservation.

The licensing policy of IJDST supports the principles of open science, ethical publishing, academic transparency, and unrestricted dissemination of knowledge to enhance global research collaboration and scientific advancement.