Passion Scientific Refereed Journal for Human Studies is committed to a clear and transparent copyright and licensing policy that protects authors’ rights, clarifies the rights of the journal and users, and supports open access to and responsible reuse of published scholarly research under the applicable license.
1. Copyright
Authors retain full copyright of their published works.
Upon acceptance for publication, authors grant Passion Scientific Refereed Journal for Human Studies the Right of First Publication. This does not constitute a transfer of copyright ownership to the journal.
Authors’ rights remain protected under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) applied to published articles.
2. License for Published Articles
All accepted and published articles are distributed under the:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)
Under this license, users may access, copy, redistribute, adapt, translate, and build upon published articles, including for commercial purposes, provided that the applicable attribution and licensing requirements are respected.
3. Authors’ Rights
Subject to the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license, authors may:
- Retain copyright of their published works.
- Share the published version of their articles.
- Deposit the published version in permitted institutional or subject repositories.
- Share their work through personal academic websites, scholarly networks, and academic platforms.
- Reuse and build upon their published work in accordance with the license terms.
- Use their published work in subsequent scholarly or educational works, subject to applicable copyright and licensing requirements.
4. Users’ Rights
Under the CC BY 4.0 license, users may:
- Access published articles freely.
- Download and copy articles.
- Redistribute the material in any medium or format.
- Share the published work with others.
- Adapt, translate, modify, and build upon the material.
- Reuse the material for lawful scholarly, educational, and other purposes, including commercial purposes.
No prior permission from the journal or the author is required, provided that the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license are respected.
5. Attribution Requirements
When reusing material published by the journal, users must:
- Give appropriate credit to the author or authors.
- Acknowledge Passion Scientific Refereed Journal for Human Studies as the original place of publication.
- Provide a link to the CC BY 4.0 license.
- Clearly indicate whether any modifications have been made to the original work.
6. No Additional Restrictions
The journal does not impose additional legal terms or technological restrictions that would limit the rights granted by the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, to the extent permitted by the license.
7. Archiving and Reuse of the Published Version
The journal permits authors to archive and share the published version of their articles in accordance with the journal’s Repository & Self-Archiving Policy.
The journal does not impose an embargo period on the deposit of the published version in permitted repositories, provided that the journal is clearly acknowledged as the original place of publication.
8. Related Policies
This policy should be read in conjunction with the journal’s related policies, including:
- Open Access Policy.
- Creative Commons License Policy (CC BY 4.0).
- Repository & Self-Archiving Policy.
- Publication Ethics Policy.
- Artificial Intelligence and Automated Tools Policy.
9. Official License
The full text of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) is available through the official Creative Commons website:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Last Updated: August 2026