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Copyright & Licensing
Copyright and Licensing
Copyright
Authors retain copyright of their work published in Sociology and Social Work Review (SSWR).
By submitting a manuscript, authors grant Sociology and Social Work Review (SSWR) the right of first publication and the right to publish, distribute, preserve, and archive the article as part of the journal's content.
Authors are responsible for ensuring that their submission does not infringe any existing copyright and that permission has been obtained for any copyrighted material included in the manuscript.
Open Access Policy
Sociology and Social Work Review (SSWR) provides immediate open access to its content. All articles are freely available without subscription, registration, or embargo and may be read, downloaded, copied, distributed, shared, adapted, and reused under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0), provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and source and that any derivative works are distributed under the same license.
Licensing
All articles published in SSWR are licensed under the:
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0)
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
This license allows users to:
• Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
• Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, including commercial use
Under the following conditions:
• Attribution — appropriate credit must be given to the original author(s) and the source, a link to the license must be provided, and any changes made must be indicated.
• ShareAlike — if the material is remixed, transformed, or built upon, the resulting work must be distributed under the same Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Author Rights
Authors retain the following rights:
• The right to share their article through institutional repositories, disciplinary repositories, personal websites, and academic social networks.
• The right to reuse their work in future publications.
• The right to distribute the published version.
• The right to archive all versions of their manuscript without embargo, in accordance with the journal's repository policy.
Publication Fees
The journal does not charge any submission fees, article processing charges (APCs), or publication fees.
License Display
The applicable Creative Commons license is clearly indicated on each published article page.
Third-Party Content
Authors must obtain permission to reuse any third-party material (figures, tables, images) and properly acknowledge the original source.
Compliance
This licensing policy follows internationally recognized standards for open access publishing and is consistent with best practices in scholarly communication.
Archiving and Preservation
The journal ensures long-term preservation of its content through the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN) and other archiving systems supported by Open Journal Systems (OJS). This guarantees permanent access to all published articles.
Repository Policy
Authors are permitted to deposit all versions of their manuscript (preprint, accepted manuscript, and published version) in institutional repositories, subject repositories, personal websites, and academic social networks without embargo, provided that the original publication in Sociology and Social Work Review (SSWR) is properly acknowledged.
