Licensing & Copyright

The Journal of Development and Social Sciences (JDSS) supports the responsible sharing and reuse of scholarly research. The journal provides authors with appropriate rights while allowing readers to access and reuse published work under the stated license.

Licensing Policy

All articles published by JDSS are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution–Non Commercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license.

Under this license, readers may:

  • Read and download published articles.
  • Make copies for lawful use.
  • Share or redistribute the published work.
  • Reuse or adapt the content for non-commercial purposes.
  • Include appropriate portions of the work in other scholarly materials, subject to the license conditions.

When using or sharing JDSS material, users must:

  • Give proper credit to the original author(s).
  • Identify the JDSS article as the original source.
  • Provide the relevant publication information or DOI where available.
  • Indicate whether changes have been made to the original material.
  • Follow the conditions of the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

The applicable license is displayed with each published article.

Copyright Policy

Authors retain copyright in their work, subject to the publishing terms agreed with JDSS.

Authors grant JDSS the right of first publication and a non-exclusive right to publish, distribute, preserve, and make the article available through the journal's website and scholarly platforms.

Authors may share or reuse their published work elsewhere, provided that the original publication in Journal of Development and Social Sciences (JDSS) is properly acknowledged and the applicable license terms are respected.

Third-Party Material

Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to use copyrighted material belonging to third parties when permission is required.

Material that is not owned by the authors may be subject to separate copyright or licensing conditions. Such material should be properly credited.

Author Rights

The licensing arrangement does not prevent authors from:

  • Sharing their published research in accordance with the applicable license.
  • Using their work for teaching and academic purposes.
  • Including their work in a thesis, dissertation, or academic portfolio.
  • Depositing or sharing the article through permitted institutional or scholarly repositories.
  • Reusing their own material while properly acknowledging the original JDSS publication.

Responsibility for Published Content

Authors remain responsible for the originality, accuracy, and legality of their submitted work. Publication by JDSS does not transfer responsibility for the content of an article from the authors to the journal.

These licensing and copyright provisions are intended to support author rights, responsible scholarly sharing, and wider access to academic research.