Copyright Policy
1. Open Access Commitment
The National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology (NJPPP) is committed to the principles of open access publishing. All published articles are freely and permanently accessible online without subscription or access charges, subject to the availability of the journal's digital platforms and preservation arrangements.
NJPPP supports the broad dissemination of scholarly research and seeks to minimize financial and legal barriers to access while maintaining appropriate protections for authors' intellectual property rights.
2. Copyright Ownership
NJPPP recognizes and respects the intellectual contributions and copyright interests of its authors.
Authors retain copyright in their published work, subject to the terms of any applicable publishing agreement with NJPPP and its publisher. Publication in the journal does not, by itself, transfer copyright ownership to the journal or publisher unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing.
Authors may share and reuse their work in accordance with the applicable Creative Commons license and the journal's self-archiving and other relevant policies.
3. Creative Commons License
All articles published by NJPPP are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0), unless a specific article is clearly identified as being subject to different licensing terms.
The CC BY-NC 4.0 license permits users to:
Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material.
These rights are subject to the conditions of the license, including appropriate attribution and the restriction on commercial use.
The license does not permit commercial use of the licensed material without separate permission from the relevant copyright holder or other applicable rightsholder.
4. Attribution and Citation
Any permitted reuse, distribution, reproduction, or adaptation of NJPPP content must provide appropriate credit to the original author(s) and source.
Attribution should include, as appropriate:
the name(s) of the author(s);
the title of the article;
the journal name;
the relevant publication information and DOI, where available;
a link to the original publication;
a link to the CC BY-NC 4.0 license; and
an indication of whether changes were made.
Attribution must not imply that the original author(s), NJPPP, or its publisher endorses the user or the manner in which the material is reused unless such endorsement has been expressly authorized.
5. Third-Party Material
The CC BY-NC 4.0 license applies to material for which the article's authors hold the necessary rights to grant that license. Some articles may contain third-party material, such as photographs, illustrations, datasets, or other content, that is subject to separate copyright or licensing conditions.
Where third-party material is identified as being subject to different terms, users are responsible for obtaining any additional permissions required for its reuse.
6. Integrity and Responsible Reuse
NJPPP encourages the responsible dissemination and reuse of published research. Users should preserve the accuracy, scholarly context, and integrity of the original work when reproducing or adapting published material.
Reuse of NJPPP content must comply with the terms of the CC BY-NC 4.0 license and any other applicable legal or ethical requirements, including copyright, privacy, confidentiality, and other intellectual property rights.
7. Relationship Between Copyright and Open Access
Open access does not mean that published articles are free of copyright. Rather, NJPPP's open-access model combines author copyright retention with a standardized Creative Commons license that defines the rights granted to users.
This approach enables the journal's scholarly content to be freely accessed and responsibly reused while preserving the intellectual property rights of authors.
8. License Information
The full terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) are available through Creative Commons:
Authors and users are encouraged to review the complete license terms before publishing, sharing, adapting, or otherwise reusing NJPPP content.
9. Commitment to Authors and Scholarly Communication
NJPPP is committed to protecting authors' intellectual contributions while facilitating the widest responsible dissemination of scholarly research.
Through open access, author copyright retention, and the CC BY-NC 4.0 licensing framework, NJPPP supports transparency, academic collaboration, knowledge exchange, and the advancement of research in physiology, pharmacy, pharmacology, and related fields.
