Copyright, Licensing & Author Rights Policy

The International Journal of Open Problems in Computer Science and Mathematics (IJOPCM) is committed to protecting intellectual property rights while promoting open access, ethical scholarly publishing, transparency, and research integrity.

All articles published in IJOPCM are made openly accessible in accordance with the Journal's applicable copyright and licensing terms. This policy defines the rights and responsibilities of authors, readers, and the Publisher regarding copyright ownership, licensing, reuse, and publication.

1. Copyright Ownership

Authors retain the copyright of their published work.

Upon acceptance of a manuscript, the corresponding author may be required to complete and sign the Journal's License to Publish Agreement on behalf of all co-authors.

By signing this agreement, authors grant the Publisher of IJOPCM a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual license to:

  • Publish, reproduce, and distribute the article.

  • Identify IJOPCM as the original place of publication.

  • Register and maintain bibliographic and persistent identifiers, where applicable.

  • Archive, preserve, and maintain the official published version.

  • Index and disseminate the published work through scholarly databases, repositories, and discovery services.

  • Make the article openly accessible through the Journal's official website.

The License to Publish does not transfer copyright ownership from the authors to the Publisher.

2. Open Access License

IJOPCM is an Open Access Journal.

All published articles are made freely available to readers worldwide without subscription or article-access charges.

Published content may be read, downloaded, shared, cited, and reused in accordance with the copyright and licensing terms applicable to the article.

Where an article is published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License, users may:

  • Read and download the article.

  • Copy and redistribute the published work.

  • Share the article in any medium or format.

  • Adapt, remix, transform, and build upon the work.

  • Use the work for commercial and non-commercial purposes.

Users must provide appropriate credit to the original author(s), acknowledge IJOPCM as the original place of publication, provide a link to the applicable license, and indicate whether changes have been made.

3. Authors' Rights

Authors retain the following rights after publication:

  • Copyright ownership.

  • Patent and other intellectual property rights arising from their research.

  • The right to reuse original figures, tables, illustrations, and other content in future scholarly works, subject to any third-party rights.

  • The right to archive and distribute their work in accordance with the Journal's Author Self-Archiving Policy.

  • The right to use their published work for teaching, research, academic presentations, dissertations, theses, and other educational or scholarly purposes.

  • The right to share links to the official published version.

4. Originality and Exclusive Submission

By submitting a manuscript to IJOPCM, the corresponding author confirms that:

  • The manuscript is original.

  • The manuscript has not been published previously, except where appropriately disclosed and permitted.

  • The manuscript is not simultaneously under consideration by another journal or publisher.

  • All listed authors have approved the submitted version.

  • All authors have agreed to the submission.

  • Appropriate permission has been obtained for copyrighted or third-party material incorporated into the manuscript.

  • The manuscript does not knowingly infringe copyright, patent, trademark, or other intellectual property rights.

5. Author Responsibilities

Authors are responsible for ensuring that:

  • The submitted work is accurate, original, and complete.

  • Authorship accurately reflects individual contributions.

  • All sources are properly acknowledged and cited.

  • Conflicts of interest are disclosed.

  • Funding sources are declared where applicable.

  • Ethical approval has been obtained where required.

  • Data and research materials are reported appropriately.

  • Any use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is disclosed in accordance with the Journal's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy.

  • Permissions have been obtained for any third-party copyrighted content.

Authors remain responsible for the content of their manuscripts throughout the submission, review, publication, and post-publication process.

6. Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Authors may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools only in accordance with the Journal's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy.

AI tools may be used to assist with activities such as:

  • Language editing.

  • Grammar improvement.

  • Translation.

  • Formatting.

  • Presentation of author-generated material.

  • Improvement of the visual quality of figures originally created by the authors, where such use does not alter the scientific meaning of the work.

Artificial Intelligence systems must not be listed as authors or co-authors.

Authors remain fully responsible for the originality, accuracy, integrity, interpretation, and scientific validity of all submitted content.

Any substantial use of AI beyond routine language, formatting, or presentation assistance should be transparently disclosed in the manuscript where appropriate.

7. Research Integrity

All manuscripts submitted to IJOPCM are subject to editorial assessment and may undergo similarity or integrity screening before or during the peer-review process.

The Journal does not tolerate:

  • Plagiarism.

  • Duplicate or redundant publication.

  • Data fabrication.

  • Data falsification.

  • Citation manipulation.

  • Inappropriate image manipulation.

  • Authorship misconduct.

  • Undisclosed conflicts of interest.

  • Misrepresentation of research methods or results.

  • Other forms of research or publication misconduct.

Confirmed violations may result in rejection, correction, retraction, an expression of concern, or other editorial action in accordance with the Journal's Publication Ethics Policy and related post-publication policies.

8. Manuscript Withdrawal

Authors may request withdrawal of a manuscript before a final editorial decision has been issued.

After formal acceptance, withdrawal requests will normally be considered only under justified or exceptional circumstances and may require approval by the Editor-in-Chief.

Once an article has been published, the scholarly record will normally be maintained. Any necessary correction, update, expression of concern, or retraction will be handled in accordance with the Journal's Corrections, Retractions & Expressions of Concern Policy.

9. Publication Fees and Open Access Charges

IJOPCM does not charge authors any mandatory submission, processing, publication, or open-access fees.

Since its establishment in 2008, the Journal has maintained a free publication policy.

The following charges are therefore:

  • Submission Fee: USD 0.00

  • Article Processing Charge (APC): USD 0.00

  • Publication Fee: USD 0.00

  • Open Access Fee: USD 0.00

Authors or their institutions are not required to make any payment as a condition of manuscript submission, peer review, acceptance, publication, or open access.

Editorial decisions are based solely on the scientific quality, originality, relevance, technical soundness, ethical compliance, and overall suitability of the submitted manuscript.

The Journal's publication model is intended to support the dissemination of scholarly research without imposing financial barriers on authors or readers.

Further information is available on the Journal's Processing Charges page.

10. License to Publish

Publication of an accepted manuscript may require receipt of a completed License to Publish Agreement signed by the corresponding author on behalf of all co-authors.

The License to Publish authorizes the Journal and its Publisher to publish, preserve, disseminate, index, archive, and maintain the official published version while allowing authors to retain copyright ownership.

The agreement does not constitute a transfer of copyright unless explicitly stated otherwise.

11. Third-Party Material

Authors are responsible for identifying any material in their manuscript that is owned by a third party.

This may include:

  • Figures.

  • Tables.

  • Photographs.

  • Illustrations.

  • Maps.

  • Previously published text.

  • Data or other copyrighted materials.

Where required, authors must obtain written permission from the copyright holder before publication.

Any third-party material that is not covered by the article's general license should be clearly identified.

12. Version of Record

The final published version appearing on the official IJOPCM website constitutes the Journal's official published version or Version of Record.

Corrections, updates, retractions, or other post-publication notices will be linked to the Version of Record where applicable.

Authors and readers are encouraged to cite the official published version whenever possible.

13. Self-Archiving

Authors may archive or share versions of their work in accordance with the Journal's Author Self-Archiving Policy.

Authors should ensure that archived versions clearly identify the article's publication in IJOPCM and, where available, include a link to the official published Version of Record.

14. Policy Updates

IJOPCM reserves the right to revise or update this policy periodically to reflect developments in scholarly publishing, publication ethics, applicable legal requirements, licensing practices, and international best practices.

The most recent version published on the official Journal website shall constitute the current policy.

15. Acceptance of the Policy

Submission of a manuscript to the International Journal of Open Problems in Computer Science and Mathematics (IJOPCM) constitutes the authors' acknowledgment that they have read, understood, and agreed to comply with this Copyright, Licensing & Author Rights Policy, together with the other Journal policies governing submission, peer review, publication, research integrity, and post-publication practices.