Open Access Policy
Published by The Human Security Institute, Islamabad.
LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR PUBLISHING CC-BY
Date:
Contributor name:
Contributor address:
Manuscript number:
Re: Manuscript entitled
For publication in: Journal of Human Security
Dear Contributor(s):
Thank you for submitting your Contribution for publication. In order to expedite the editing and publishing process and enable JHS to disseminate your Contribution to the fullest extent, we need to have this Agreement executed. If the Contribution is not accepted for publication, or if the Contribution is subsequently rejected, this Agreement will be null and void. Publication cannot proceed without a signed copy of this Agreement and payment of the appropriate article publication charge.
- TERMS OF USE
- The Contribution will be made Open Access under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided that the Contribution is properly cited.
- For an understanding of what is meant by the terms of the Creative Commons License, please refer to JBE’s Copyright Licensing Policy
- The Owner reserves the right to require changes to the Contribution, including changes to the length of the Contribution, as a condition of acceptance. The Owner (and JHS, where JHS is not the Owner) reserves the right, notwithstanding acceptance, not to publish the Contribution if for any reason such publication would in the reasonable judgment of the Owner (and JHS, where JHS is not the Owner), result in legal liability or violation of journal ethical practices. If the Owner (or and JHS, where JHS is not the Owner) decides not to publish the Contribution, no Article Processing Charge or any other fee shall be charged. The Contributor is free to submit the Contribution to any other journal from any other publisher.
- RETAINED RIGHTS
The Contributor or, if applicable, the Contributor’s employer, retains all proprietary rights in addition to copyright, such as patent rights in any process, procedure or article of manufacture described in the Contribution.
- LICENSE
Owner, JHS (where JHS is not the Owner), and users have non -exclusive rights under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. For the avoidance of doubt, “Contribution” is defined to only include the article submitted by the Contributor for publication in the Journal (including any embedded rich media) and does not extend to any supporting information submitted with or referred to in the Contribution (“Supporting Information”). To the extent that any Supporting Information is submitted to the Journal, the Owner is granted a perpetual, non-exclusive license to publish, republish, transmit, sell, distribute and otherwise use this Supporting Information in whole or in part in electronic and print editions of the Journal and in derivative works throughout the world, in all languages and in all media of expression now known or later developed, and to license or permit others to do so.
- CONTRIBUTIONS OWNED BY EMPLOYER
If the Contribution was written by the Contributor in the course of the Contributor’s employment as a “work-made-for-hire” and the employer owns the copyright in the Contribution, the employer company/institution agrees to the terms of use set forth in paragraph A above and must execute this Agreement (in addition to the Contributor) in the space provided below.
- COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Owner (and JBE, where JBE is not the Owner), the Contributor, and the company/institution agree that any and all copies of the Contribution or any part thereof distributed or posted by them in print or electronic format will include the notice of copyright as stipulated in the Journal and a full citation to the final published version of the Contribution in the Journal as published by JBE.
- CONTRIBUTOR’S REPRESENTATIONS
The Contributor represents that: (i) the Contribution is the Contributor’s original work, all individuals identified as Contributors actually contributed to the Contribution, and all individuals who contributed are included; (ii) if the Contribution was prepared jointly, the Contributor has informed the co-Contributors of the terms of this Agreement and has obtained their signed written permission to execute this Agreement on their behalf as their agent; (iii) the Contribution is submitted only to this Journal and has not been published before, has not been included in another manuscript, and is not currently under consideration or accepted for publication elsewhere; (iv) if excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, the Contributor shall obtain written permission from the copyright owners for all uses as set forth in the standard permissions form and the Journal’s Author Guidelines, and show credit to the sources in the Contribution; (v) the Contribution and any submitted Supporting Information contain no libelous or unlawful statements, do not infringe upon the rights (including without limitation the copyright, patent or trademark rights) or the privacy of others, do not breach any confidentiality obligation, do not violate a contract or any law, or do not contain material or instructions that might cause harm or injury, and only utilize data that has been obtained in accordance with applicable legal requirements and Journal policies; (vi) there are no conflicts of interest relating to the Contribution, except as disclosed.
Accordingly, the Contributor represents that the following information shall be clearly identified on the title page of the Contribution:
(1) all financial and material support for the research and work; (2) any financial interests the Contributor or any co-Contributors may have in companies or other entities that have an interest in the information in the Contribution or any submitted Supporting Information (e.g., grants, advisory boards, employment, consultancies, contracts, honoraria, royalties, expert testimony, partnerships, or stock ownership); and (3) indication of no such financial interests if appropriate.
JMI reserves the right, notwithstanding acceptance, to require changes to the Contribution, including changes to the length of the Contribution, and the right not to publish the Contribution if for any reason such publication would in the reasonable judgment of JBR, result in legal liability or violation of journal ethical practices.
- USE OF INFORMATION
The Contributor acknowledges that, during the term of this Agreement and thereafter (for as long as necessary), the Owner (and JMI, where JMI is not the Owner) may process the Contributor’s personal data, including storing or transferring data outside of the country of the Contributor’s residence, in order to process transactions related to this Agreement and to communicate with the Contributor and that the Publisher has a legitimate interest in processing the Contributor’s personal data. By entering into this Agreement, the Contributor agrees to the processing of the Contributor’s personal data (and, where applicable, confirms that the Contributor has obtained the permission from all other contributors to process their personal data). JMI shall comply with all applicable laws, statutes and regulations relating to data protection and privacy and shall process such personal data in accordance with JBE’s Copyright Licensing Policy.
[ ] I agree to the OPEN ACCESS AGREEMENT as shown above, consent to execution and delivery of the Open Access Agreement electronically and agree that an electronic signature shall be given the same legal force as a handwritten signature, and have obtained written permission from all other contributors to execute this Agreement on their behalf.
_______________ ___________ Contributor’s signature Date
_______________________________________________________
Type or print name and title
SELECT FROM OPTIONS BELOW:
[ ] Contributor-owned work
[ ] Pakistan Government work
Note to Pakistan Government Employees
A contribution prepared by a federal government employee as part of the employee’s official duties, or which is an official Government publication, is called a “Pakistan Government work”, and is in the public domain. If the Contribution was not prepared as part of the employee’s duties, or is not an official government publication, or if at least one author is not a government employee, it is not a Government work.
If at least one author is not a government employee, then the non-government author should also sign the form, selecting the appropriate additional ownership selection option. If more than one author is not a government employee, one may sign on behalf of the others.
[ ]Other
Including Other Government work or Non-Governmental Organization work
Note to Non-Pakistani Government Employees or Non-Governmental Organization Employees If you are employed by the World Health Organization or UNU-WIDER, please download a copy of the license agreement from www.journal.au.edu.pk. If your status as a government or non-governmental organization employee legally prevents you from signing this Agreement, please contact the Journal production editor.
Name of Government/Non-Governmental Organization:
[ ] Company/institution owned work (made for hire in the course of employment) If this selection does not apply to at least one author in the group, this author should also sign the form, indicating agreement to publication on CC-BY basis and selecting the appropriate additional ownership selection option. If this applies to more than one author, one may sign on behalf of the others.
Name of Company/Institution:
Authorized Signature of Employer:
Date:
Signature of Employee:
Date:
