LICENSING POLICY

LICENSING POLICY

Licensing Policy

The Link Medical Journal of Health and Community Research (LMJHCR) uses the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) as its default publishing license for all articles.

This license allows:

Permitted Uses Under CC BY 4.0

Readers and users may:

  • Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format

  • Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material

  • Use commercially — including for teaching, research, or derivative works

All of the above uses are permitted without requesting prior permission, as long as appropriate credit is given to the author(s) and the original source.

Author Rights

Authors retain full copyright of their work.

By submitting a manuscript, the author grants LMJHCR a non-exclusive license to publish and disseminate the article under CC BY 4.0.

Authors may:

  • Deposit the submitted (preprint), accepted (postprint), and published version (Version of Record) in any repository (see the Self-Archiving Policy).

  • Reuse their work in books, theses, institutional repositories, or conference papers without restrictions.

  • Share the accepted version freely with colleagues or students.

License Display and Article-Level Licensing (Best Practice)

As a best practice recommended for transparency and indexing, LMJHCR ensures that:

  • The CC BY 4.0 license is clearly displayed on every article page.

  • The CC BY 4.0 logo and license link appear on:

    • Article landing pages

    • PDF full text

    • HTML full text (if applicable)

Standard license text to insert under each article:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Recommended license note for PDFs (footer or first page):
© Author(s). Published by LMJHCR under CC BY 4.0.

Third-Party Content

Authors must ensure they have appropriate permission to reuse, reproduce, or adapt any third-party figures, tables, images, or other copyrighted materials.

Any third-party material included in the article must carry its own license information or a clear credit line indicating the permissions and source.

Funder Compliance

The CC BY 4.0 license supports compliance with major funder and open access requirements, including:

  • Plan S

  • NIH

  • Wellcome Trust

  • UKRI

  • HEC Pakistan

  • BOAI requirements