Licensing Policy

1. Introduction

The Journal of Religion and Society (JRS) is committed to promoting open access to scholarly research. This policy outlines the terms and conditions under which authors can publish their work in JRS and how readers can access and reuse it.

2. Types of Licenses

JRS offers two main licensing options for published articles:

• Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY): This license allows anyone to share and adapt the article, as long as they give appropriate credit to the author(s) and provide a link to the original publication.
• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC): This license is similar to CC BY, but it prohibits the use of the article for commercial purposes.

Authors can choose which license they want to apply to their article when submitting it for publication. JRS reserves the right to recommend or require a specific license in certain cases, such as for articles funded by grants or other special agreements.

3. Author Rights

Authors retain copyright of their articles published in JRS under the chosen license. This means they can:

• Share their article on their own website or personal repository.
• Submit their article to other repositories or databases.
• Use their article in other publications, with proper attribution.

4. Reader Rights

Under the chosen license, readers can:

• Access and read the full text of articles for free.
• Download and save articles for personal use.
• Share articles with others.
• Remix and adapt articles, as long as they comply with the chosen license terms.

5. Archiving and Preservation

JRS is committed to long-term archiving and preservation of published articles. All articles are deposited in a reputable digital repository to ensure they are accessible even if the journal ceases publication.