Copyright & Licensing
How copyright is transferred, and what rights authors retain after publication.
Transfer of Copyright
Upon official written acceptance for publication, authors grant, assign, and transfer all copyright ownership, rights, and economic interests in the text, data, and associated assets to the Publisher — the Institute of Innovations (a registered UDYAM organization under MSME, Government of India, operating under the Societal Education and Empowerment Trust).
Author Warranties
- Originality: the manuscript is original, unpublished, and not under evaluation elsewhere.
- Plagiarism & Integrity: the manuscript contains no uncredited text or data manipulation, with references in IEEE citation format and similarity below the 15% threshold.
- Co-Author Consent: the corresponding author signs on behalf of all co-authors, confirming names, affiliations, and emails are accurate and mutually approved.
- Funding & Compliance: all funding sources and conflicts of interest are disclosed in the manuscript.
- AI Disclosure: any use of Generative AI for text or coding refinement is disclosed in the acknowledgements.
Retained Rights of Authors
While academic copyright is transferred to the publisher to manage indexing, archiving, and defensive compliance, authors explicitly retain non-exclusive licensing rights to redistribute, archive, or reuse the published work for personal educational purposes and institutional repository storage (e.g. university portals, ResearchGate, personal websites) — provided a complete citation and active DOI link to the official IJSTS version is visibly displayed.