Copyright Policy

Open access licensing and intellectual property framework for textile research publications

All articles published in Advances in Textiles Technology are open-access and distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction, and adaptation in any medium, provided proper citation is given to the original work, authors, and publisher.

1. Copyright Ownership

Copyright is an intellectual property right that automatically applies once research is fixed in a tangible form, such as a journal article. Authors retain the copyright of their published work in Advances in Textiles Technology, ensuring recognition of their academic contribution.

2. Rights of Authors

Authors retain full ownership of their work and are permitted to reuse, distribute, and republish their articles in books, institutional repositories, or other scholarly materials, provided proper citation to the original publication is maintained, including DOI and journal reference.

3. Licensing Terms

All published articles are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which ensures open access to research while requiring appropriate credit to authors and the journal. This supports global dissemination of textile research innovations.

4. Publisher Rights

The journal is recognized as the original publisher of all accepted articles. Any reuse must acknowledge Advances in Textiles Technology as the original source, along with proper citation and DOI reference.

5. Use and Redistribution

Articles may be freely shared, reproduced, and adapted for academic, educational, or commercial purposes under the CC BY 4.0 license. Proper attribution to the original authors and journal is mandatory in all cases of reuse.

6. Publication Agreements

In some cases, publishers may request copyright agreements to manage distribution rights. However, Advances in Textiles Technology ensures that such agreements do not restrict authors from sharing their work in repositories or academic platforms, in line with open-access publishing standards.