Copyright Policy

Interdisciplinary Life Sciences (ILS) is committed to the principles of open access and the protection of authors' intellectual property rights. This Copyright Policy outlines the rights and responsibilities of authors, the journal, and users regarding the published content.

Copyright Ownership

Authors retain full copyright to their work. By submitting a manuscript to ILS, authors grant the journal the right of first publication. This means that the journal is authorized to publish, disseminate, and archive the article, while the authors retain all other rights to their work.

Licensing

CC BY 4.0 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

All articles published in Interdisciplinary Life Sciences are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

This license allows:

📤 Share Copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
🔄 Adapt Remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially

Under the following term:

⚖️ Attribution Users must give appropriate credit to the original authors, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.

This licensing ensures that your work reaches the widest possible audience while you receive proper credit for your contributions.

Author Rights

Under this policy, authors retain the following rights:

  • The right to reuse, distribute, and republish their work freely, provided ILS is acknowledged as the original publisher.
  • The right to post their work on institutional repositories, personal websites, or preprint servers, with proper citation to the published version in ILS.
  • The right to use their work in teaching, presentations, and future research.

Third-Party Material

⚠️ Important Notice

When using previously published content—including figures, tables, or any other material in both print and electronic formats—authors must obtain permission from the copyright holder. Legal, financial, and criminal liabilities in this regard belong to the author(s). All third-party material must be clearly identified and properly attributed in the manuscript.

Copyright Agreement Form

To formalize the copyright and licensing terms, authors are required to complete, sign, and submit the Copyright Agreement Form along with the final version of their manuscript. This written confirmation is necessary to facilitate the transfer of the right of first publication, enabling the journal to deposit and index the published papers in various repositories and databases.

đź“„ Copyright Agreement Form

Please download, complete, sign, and return this form with your final manuscript.

⬇️ Download Form (PDF)