Copyright Policy

The Diyala Journal for Veterinary Sciences (DJVS) is committed to protecting the rights of authors while ensuring the broad dissemination, accessibility, and long-term availability of published articles. This policy explains the copyright ownership, licensing terms, and permitted uses of articles published in DJVS.

1. Copyright Ownership

Authors retain the copyright of their published work.

By submitting and publishing an article in DJVS, authors grant the journal a non-exclusive right to publish, distribute, reproduce, display, index, archive, and preserve the article in print and electronic formats.

This permission allows DJVS to make the article permanently available through the journal website, academic databases, indexing services, digital repositories, and archiving platforms.

2. Author Rights

Authors retain the right to:

Share the published version of their article for academic, educational, and research purposes.

Deposit the published article in institutional, professional, subject-based, or personal repositories.

Use the article in theses, dissertations, books, lectures, academic reports, and other scholarly works, provided that DJVS is properly cited as the original place of publication.

Reuse parts of the article in future scholarly work, provided that appropriate citation is given to the original published article.

3. Journal Rights

After acceptance and publication, DJVS has the right to:

Publish the article on the journal website.

Distribute and archive the article in print and electronic formats.

Register and maintain the article DOI and related metadata.

Index the article in academic databases, repositories, and discovery services.

Maintain a permanent and transparent scholarly record of the published article.

4. Licensing Terms

Articles published in DJVS are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

This license permits use, sharing, distribution, reproduction, and adaptation of the published work in any medium or format, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s), the article title, DJVS, and the source of publication.

Users must also provide a link to the license and indicate whether any changes were made.

5. Proper Attribution

When using, sharing, or adapting material published in DJVS, users must provide proper attribution to the original work. The attribution should include, where applicable:

Author name(s)
Article title
Journal title
Year of publication
Volume, issue, and page numbers or article number
DOI or official article link
Statement of the Creative Commons license

6. Copyright and Publication Ethics

Authors are responsible for ensuring that their submitted manuscripts do not infringe the copyright or intellectual property rights of others.

Any material reproduced from other sources, including figures, tables, images, clinical photographs, datasets, or substantial text, must be properly cited and used with permission where required.

If copyright infringement, plagiarism, duplicate publication, or unauthorized use of third-party material is identified after publication, DJVS may take appropriate editorial action, including correction, expression of concern, or retraction, depending on the nature and severity of the case.

7. Use of Published Material

Readers, researchers, educators, and other users may use DJVS content in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), provided that proper attribution is given to the original publication.

The use of published material must not misrepresent the authors’ work, alter the scientific meaning of the article, or imply endorsement by the authors or DJVS without permission.

8. Permissions and Inquiries

For questions related to copyright, licensing, permissions, or reuse of published material, please contact the editorial office:

Email: djvs@uodiyala.edu.iq
Website: https://djvs.uodiyala.edu.iq/