Copyright and Licensing Policy

Copyright and Licensing Policy

The Journal of Human-Centered Research (JHCR) is an open-access journal that supports wide dissemination, reuse, and visibility of published scholarly work. The journal follows a transparent copyright and licensing policy that protects author rights while allowing broad access to published content.

1. Copyright Ownership

Authors retain the copyright of their published work without restrictions. By submitting and publishing a manuscript in JHCR, authors grant the Society of Human-Centered Technology a non-exclusive license to publish, archive, distribute, and make the work available in digital and other formats.

2. Grant of Publishing Rights

Authors grant JHCR and its publisher the right to publish the article as the original publisher, disseminate it through the journal website, preserve it in digital archives, and make it available for indexing, abstracting, and scholarly discovery services.

3. Open Access License

Articles published in JHCR are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). This license permits users to share, copy, redistribute, remix, transform, and build upon the material for any lawful purpose, including commercial use, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original authors and source of publication.

4. User Rights Under CC BY 4.0

  • Users may read and download published articles.
  • Users may copy and redistribute articles in any medium or format.
  • Users may remix, transform, and build upon the work.
  • Users may use the work for lawful academic, educational, research, or commercial purposes.
  • Users must provide proper attribution to the authors and the journal.

5. Attribution Requirement

Any reuse, redistribution, adaptation, or republication of an article must clearly acknowledge the original publication in the Journal of Human-Centered Research. Proper citation, article title, author names, journal name, publication year, and DOI or article URL should be included wherever applicable.

6. Author Self-Archiving

JHCR encourages authors to archive their work to increase accessibility, visibility, and scholarly impact. Authors may deposit preprints, accepted manuscripts, and the version of record in institutional repositories, subject repositories, personal websites, and academic platforms with proper acknowledgement of the original publication.

7. Open Access Availability

Published articles are freely available through the JHCR website. Readers are not required to pay subscription charges to access the full text of published articles.

8. Contact

For questions about copyright, licensing, reuse, or permissions, please contact the Editorial Office.

Email: managerofjhcr@jhcr.net