Copyright Terms

Iraqi Journal of Environmental Sciences (IJES)

  1. Author Copyright Ownership
  • Authors retain full copyright of their work
  • The journal does not take ownership of the content
  1. Publishing Rights Granted to the Journal

Authors grant IJES the right to:

  • Publish, reproduce, and distribute the article
  • Identify itself as the original publisher
  • Archive the article in databases and repositories
  1. Author Rights

Authors are free to:

  • Share their article on:
    • Personal websites
    • Institutional repositories
    • Academic platforms
  • Reuse the content in:
    • Books
    • Lectures
    • Future research

Provided that proper citation to IJES is included

  1. Self-Archiving Policy

Authors may deposit:

  • Preprint (before review)
  • Accepted manuscript (post-review)
  • Published version (final PDF)

In:

  • Institutional repositories
  • Open archives
  • Personal or academic websites
  1. Attribution Requirement

All reuse must include:

  • Author name(s)
  • Article title
  • Journal name (IJES)
  • Year of publication
  • DOI (if available)
  1. Responsibility of Authors

Authors are responsible for:

  • Ensuring originality of content
  • Securing permissions for copyrighted materials
  • Avoiding plagiarism and ethical violations
  1. Copyright Statement Example

(to include in each article)

© Author(s), Year. Published by Iraqi Journal of Environmental Sciences. This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License.

  1. Policy Updates

The journal reserves the right to update licensing and copyright policies. Changes will be published on the journal website.

In Open Journal Systems, set: