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Journal of Educational Research (AJER)

Copyright of all articles published in the Journal of Educational Research (AJER) remains with the author(s). By submitting a manuscript and upon acceptance for publication, the author(s) grant AJER a non-exclusive right to publish, reproduce, distribute, archive, index, and communicate the published work in any form or medium for scholarly purposes.

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Author Rights

Authors retain the copyright to their published works and have the right to:

  • retain ownership of the copyright;

  • reuse the article in future books, theses, dissertations, or other scholarly works;

  • distribute the published version through institutional repositories, personal websites, and academic social networks;

  • deposit the published article in national or international repositories;

  • share the article for educational and research purposes;

  • authorize others to use the work in accordance with the CC BY 4.0 License.

Authors remain responsible for the originality, accuracy, and integrity of the published work.

 

Journal Rights

By publishing in AJER, authors grant the journal a perpetual, non-exclusive license to:

  • publish and disseminate the article;

  • assign and maintain Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs);

  • archive and preserve published content;

  • distribute metadata to indexing and abstracting services;

  • reproduce the article in electronic and printed forms;

  • include published works in journal databases and digital preservation systems.

These rights are granted solely for scholarly communication and preservation purposes.

 

Licensing

Unless otherwise stated, all articles published in AJER are distributed under the:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

This license allows any user to:

  • copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format;

  • remix, transform, and build upon the material;

  • use the material for commercial and non-commercial purposes;

provided that:

  • appropriate credit is given to the original author(s);

  • the source publication is properly cited;

  • a link to the Creative Commons license is included;

  • changes, if any, are clearly indicated.

Full license information is available at:

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Author Warranties

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

  • the manuscript is an original work;

  • the manuscript has not been published previously;

  • the manuscript is not under consideration by another journal;

  • all authors have approved the submission;

  • all third-party copyrighted materials have been properly acknowledged and permission has been obtained where necessary;

  • the manuscript does not infringe any copyright, intellectual property rights, or legal rights of others.

 

Third-Party Materials

Where figures, tables, photographs, illustrations, datasets, or other copyrighted materials owned by third parties are included, authors are responsible for obtaining written permission from the copyright holder prior to publication.

Such materials remain subject to the copyright conditions specified by their respective owners.

 

Self-Archiving Policy

Authors are encouraged to disseminate their published work through:

  • institutional repositories;

  • subject repositories;

  • personal academic webpages;

  • university websites;

  • ORCID records;

  • Google Scholar profiles;

  • other scholarly communication platforms.

The published Version of Record should always be accompanied by complete bibliographic information and a DOI link to the AJER publication.

 

Copyright Infringement

If AJER receives a substantiated allegation of copyright infringement, unauthorized reproduction, or intellectual property violation, the Editorial Office will investigate the matter in accordance with internationally recognized publication ethics standards.

Where necessary, appropriate editorial actions may include:

  • publication correction;

  • removal of infringing content;

  • article retraction;

  • notification of relevant institutions;

  • legal action where applicable.

 

Open Access Statement

AJER is an Open Access Journal. All published articles are immediately and permanently available online without subscription fees or access restrictions. Readers are free to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to, or otherwise use the full texts of articles for lawful scholarly purposes in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

 

Copyright Declaration

By submitting a manuscript to the Journal of Educational Research (AJER), authors acknowledge that they retain copyright ownership of their work while granting the journal a non-exclusive license to publish, archive, disseminate, and preserve the article as part of the permanent scholarly record. Authors agree that all published content will be distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), thereby supporting the principles of open access, broad dissemination of knowledge, responsible scholarly communication, and proper attribution to the original authors. This policy reflects internationally recognized standards for ethical, transparent, and sustainable scholarly publishing. (creativecommons.org)