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Copyright and Licensing
All material published by SCAD Independent is protected under International copyright and intellectual property laws. The SCAD Independent is licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 International License (CC-BY-SA) or an equivalent license as the optimal license for the publication, distribution, use, and reuse of scholarly works. Access permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at the digital libraries and open access journal databases.
This license permits anyone to compose, repair, and make derivative creation even for commercial purposes, as long as appropriate credit and proper acknowledgment of the original publication from a journal are made to allow users to trace back to the original manuscript and author.
This license permits anyone to compose, repair, and make derivative creation even for commercial purposes, as long as appropriate credit and proper acknowledgment of the original publication from a journal are made to allow users to trace back to the original manuscript and author.
You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. If you remix, transform or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.
Readers are also granted full access to read and download the published manuscripts, reprint, and distribute the manuscript in any medium or format.
Protecting Author Right
Copyright aims to protect the specific way the article has been written to describe the research and its results. SCAD Independent is committed to the protection and defense of its authors’ work and reputations. We take allegations of infringement, plagiarism, ethical disputes, and fraud very seriously.
Copyright aims to protect the specific way the article has been written to describe an experiment and the results. JIP and SCAD Independent are committed to its authors to protect and defend their work and their reputation and takes allegations of infringement, plagiarism, ethical disputes, and fraud very seriously.
If an author becomes aware of possible plagiarism, fraud, or infringement we recommend contacting their SCAD Independent contact who can then liaise with our in-house legal department. Note that certain open access user licenses may permit quite broad re-use that might otherwise be counted as copyright infringement.
Copyright Notice
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY-SA) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal (See The Effect of Open Access);
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work;
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal;
- Any views expressed in this work are the views of the authors and not of SCAD Independent. SCAD Independent can not be held responsible for views, opinions, and written statements of authors or researchers published in this journal.
Copyright Information
All articles published in this journal are protected by copyright and licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 International License (CC-BY-SA) or an equivalent license as the optimal license for the publication, distribution, use, and reuse of scholarly works. Access permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at the digital libraries and open access journal databases.
For Authors:
For Authors:
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License; Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal (See The Effect of Open Access).
For Readers:
While the advice and information in this journal are believed to be true and accurate at the date of its publication, neither the authors, the editors, not the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein.
For Librarians:
We encourage research librarians to list this journal among their library's electronic journal holdings. As well, it may be worth noting that this journal's open source publishing system is suitable for libraries to host for their faculty members to use with journals they are involved in editing.