Copyright Policy Of Lex Lumen Research Journal

1. Copyright Ownership

Upon acceptance and publication of a manuscript in the Lex Lumen Research Journal, the copyright for the work transfers to the journal. Authors agree that Lex Lumen Research Journal holds the copyright for all published material, including articles, research papers, and other scholarly content & journal has right to remove any content that is against the ethical concerns of journal, if found after post-publication .

2. Open Access and Licensing

The Lex Lumen Research Journal qualifies as an open-access journal based on the standards set by the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) to support wide dissemination and accessibility of scholarly knowledge. All published articles are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA) license, Meaning:

– Attribution (BY): Users must give appropriate credit to the original authors and source.

– Non-Commercial (NC): Content should not be used for commercial purposes.

– Share Alike (SA): Any adaptations or derivative works based on the original content must be distributed under the same license terms.

3. Rights Retained by Author

Authors retain the following rights, provided they give appropriate acknowledgment to the Lex Lumen Research Journal as the original publisher:

– The right to share their published work in their institutional repository or personal website.

– The right to reuse portions of their work in future scholarly works, provided proper citation is given.

4. Author Responsibilities

Authors are responsible for ensuring that their work is original and does not infringe upon the rights of third parties. In case of co-authorship, the author submitting the manuscript is responsible for securing consent from all contributors.

5. Usage by Third Parties

Third parties are free to share, copy, and adapt the work as long as they adhere to the terms of the BY-NC-SA license. Commercial uses or distribution that do not comply with this license require permission from the Lex Lumen Research Journal.

6. Acknowledgment and Citation

Any reproduction, distribution, or display of published content should include a citation acknowledging Lex Lumen Research Journal as the source, in a format as follows: Author(s), Article Title, Lex Lumen Research Journal, Volume, Issue, Year, Pages.

Lumen Research Journal reserves the right to modify this Copyright Policy as needed, with changes applicable to all works published after the policy update