Copyright and Licensing

Open Access Licensing

The ACIE Journal supports broad research dissemination to maximize academic and public impact. All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which defines usage rights for authors, readers, and the general public.

 Under this license, anyone is free to:

 Share: Copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.

Adapt: Remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, including commercial uses.

Self-Archiving & Repository Rights: 

Authors retain the right to upload the final published PDF or provide a link to the article's official ACIE Journal webpage across non-commercial platforms, including:

 Personal websites or blog pages:

Institutional repositories, university networks, and employer servers

Subject-based repositories and preprint servers

Conference websites hosting presentations derived from the paper

 Reproducing Material Published Elsewhere

Authors must obtain written permission to reproduce any copyrighted material (figures, tables, schemes, artwork, or extensive text excerpts) not in the public domain or for which they do not hold copyright. Requests must be directed to the copyright holder (typically the original publisher).

 Permission IS Required For:

 Figures, tables, charts, schemes, or artwork—whether unaltered or minimally modified.

Substantial text excerpts from another author's or publisher's work.

Works previously authored by you where copyright was transferred to another publisher.

Photographs for which you do not hold explicit copyright.

Permission IS NOT Required For:

 Reconstruction of tables using raw data published elsewhere (must be cited as "Data from..." or "Adapted from...").

Reasonably short, properly attributed textual quotations (covered under fair use).

Original graphs, charts, or artwork that have been completely redrawn and substantially transformed beyond recognition.

 

Obtaining and Documenting Permissions

Authors are responsible for securing all necessary copyright clearances early in the writing process to prevent publication delays. The ACIE Journal cannot publish third-party material without verified permission.

 

Attribution: Use the copyright holder's preferred citation style. If no specific format is requested, append the following line to the figure or table caption:

"Reproduced with permission from [Author], [Book/Journal Title]; published by [Publisher], [Year]."