Licensing Terms

The Journal of Integrated Social Sciences and Wellbeing (JISSAW) is dedicated to maximizing the impact of research. To facilitate the widest possible dissemination and reuse of knowledge, all articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

1. Key Licensing Terms

Under the CC BY 4.0 license, the terms are simple and permissive:

  • Attribution (BY): Users must give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the journal (JISSAW), provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.
  • No Viral Licensing: Unlike "ShareAlike" licenses, users are not required to license their derivative works under the same terms. This encourages broader use by policymakers, NGOs, and educational institutions who may have their own licensing constraints.

2. Permissions Granted

This license grants users the immediate, irrevocable right to:

  • Read and Share: Freely access, copy, and redistribute the material in any medium or format (e.g., sharing a PDF of a study on community resilience in a university database).
  • Adapt and Build Upon: Remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, including commercial use (e.g., translating a mental health intervention guide into a local language or incorporating findings into a commercial wellbeing app).

3. Examples of Ethical Reuse

  • Policy Integration: A government agency uses data from a JISSAW article on educational equity to draft a new policy brief, citing the original study.
  • Educational Materials: A university lecturer includes a figure regarding social stratification from a JISSAW article in their course textbook.
  • Translation: An international NGO translates a survey instrument published in JISSAW to conduct field research in a different country, providing credit to the original authors.

4. Benefits of CC BY 4.0

  • Global Collaboration: It removes legal barriers to sharing knowledge across borders and disciplines.
  • Maximum Visibility: It allows your work to be widely distributed on news sites, blogs, and wikis, increasing your citation count.
  • Compliance: It meets the Open Access mandates of major international funders (e.g., Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, UNESCO).