Copyright and Licensing

International Journal for Research in Bioscience (IJRB) operates under an author-retained copyright model.

Authors publishing in the journal retain full ownership of the copyright in their work without restriction.

Upon acceptance and publication, authors grant IJRB a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual license to publish, reproduce, archive, distribute, and communicate the published version of the article in all formats and media.

Copyright Policy

All published articles are made available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) License.

This license allows readers to access, download, copy, and share the published material for non-commercial purposes provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and the journal.

The work must not be altered, transformed, translated, or used to create derivative works without prior written permission from the copyright holder.

Commercial use, reproduction for profit, or redistribution of the material requires explicit authorization from the copyright owner.

Author Rights

Authors retain the unrestricted right to:

  • Archive the published version of the article in institutional or subject repositories
  • Share the published article on personal or institutional websites
  • Use the work in teaching materials, academic presentations, and educational courses
  • Reuse portions of the work in future scholarly publications with proper citation
  • Retain any patent, trademark, or proprietary rights arising from the research

Licensing Policy

All articles published in the International Journal for Research in Bioscience (IJRB) are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–NoDerivatives 4.0 International License .

Under this license, readers are permitted to:

  • Access and read the published article freely
  • Download and share the article for non-commercial purposes
  • Distribute the article with proper attribution to the author(s) and journal

However, users must not:

  • Modify, adapt, translate, or alter the published work
  • Create derivative works based on the article
  • Use the material for commercial purposes without written permission

IJRB is committed to ensuring transparency in licensing, protection of intellectual property rights, and compliance with internationally recognized ethical publishing standards.

This open access model promotes the wide dissemination of scientific research while safeguarding the integrity of the scholarly record.