Copyright and Licensing
JCRHAP copyright policies ensuring author rights while maximizing HIV/AIDS research accessibility.
Open Access Licensing for HIV Research
The Journal of Clinical Research in HIV/AIDS and Prevention is committed to open access publishing that maximizes the reach and impact of HIV/AIDS research. Our licensing policies balance author rights with broad accessibility, ensuring that your research reaches clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and healthcare workers fighting the HIV epidemic worldwide.
All articles published in JCRHAP are released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). This license ensures that your HIV research is freely available to all readers while protecting your rights as the creator. The open access model removes barriers to knowledge and accelerates scientific progress in HIV prevention and treatment.
The CC BY 4.0 license provides the optimal balance between openness and author protection for HIV/AIDS research publications.
Permitted Uses
- Share and redistribute in any medium or format
- Adapt, remix, transform, and build upon your HIV research
- Use for any purpose including commercial applications
- No permission requests required for allowed uses
Attribution Requirements
- Credit must be given to original authors
- Link to the license must be provided
- Changes to the work must be indicated
- Standard citation format satisfies requirements
Authors retain copyright to their HIV research work published in JCRHAP. By submitting, authors grant the journal a non-exclusive license to publish and distribute the work. Authors may share, reuse, and build upon their published articles without restriction. This author-friendly approach recognizes your intellectual contribution while enabling broad dissemination of HIV/AIDS research findings.
Third-Party Content
Authors must obtain permission for third-party content including figures, tables, and substantial text excerpts from other sources. Copyright permissions should be secured before submission and noted in the manuscript. The author is responsible for ensuring proper permissions for HIV research materials adapted from other works.
Open access licensing provides significant advantages for HIV/AIDS researchers and the broader research community.
- Immediate availability to readers worldwide without subscription barriers
- Increased visibility and citation potential for your HIV research
- Compliance with funder open access mandates from NIH, Wellcome, and others
- Faster translation of research into clinical practice and policy
- Greater public access to HIV prevention and treatment evidence
Authors may deposit published articles in institutional repositories, departmental websites, and preprint servers without embargo. We encourage authors to maximize visibility of their HIV research through all available channels. Published versions may be shared immediately upon publication with appropriate attribution.
Publish Your HIV Research
Share your work with the global HIV/AIDS community through open access.
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