Intellectual Property Policy

International Journal of Theoretical & Applied Computational Intelligence (IJTACI). Last updated: October 2026. Next review: October 2027.

1. Copyright Ownership

Authors retain copyright of their manuscript and published article. Copyright is retained from the moment of submission and vests fully upon publication.

IJTACI does not claim ownership of any intellectual property created or published in its pages. Authors grant IJTACI a license to publish and distribute their work, but retain all rights to use, reproduce, and disseminate their work.

Authors may deposit the submitted version, the accepted manuscript and the published version of record in an institutional or subject repository or on their own website at any time, with no embargo, provided the original publication in IJTACI is cited (see the Self-archiving Policy).

2. Published Article License

All articles published in IJTACI are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided proper credit is given to the original authors and source. This license applies to:

  • The accepted manuscript (author final version)
  • The published version of record
  • Any supplementary materials included with the article

3. Third-Party Intellectual Property

Authors are responsible for:

  • Obtaining written permission to reproduce any copyrighted material (text, figures, tables, code) from third parties
  • Properly citing and attributing all borrowed intellectual property
  • Ensuring all data and code used comply with their respective licenses and terms of use
  • Disclosing any patents, patent applications, or proprietary information related to the research

Authors must warrant that their submission does not infringe any existing copyright, patent, or other intellectual property right of any third party.

4. Data and Code Ownership

  • Authors own the raw research data and code they generate in conducting the research
  • Authors must make data and code available in accordance with the Data Availability Policy
  • Data and code made publicly available are released under the same CC BY 4.0 license unless otherwise specified

5. Supplementary Materials

All supplementary materials accompanying an article (including datasets, software, code, videos, additional figures or tables) are subject to the same CC BY 4.0 license as the main article. Authors retain ownership but grant IJTACI and readers the right to use and redistribute under CC BY 4.0. Full requirements are in Publication Ethics, Section 15.

6. AI-Generated Content

If generative AI was used in creating any part of the work (within the constraints of Publication Ethics, Section 9), authors must disclose this and warrant that they have the right to use and publish the AI-generated content.

7. Prior Publications and Versions

Authors may not submit material that:

  • Is under copyright protection by another publisher
  • Has been published or accepted for publication elsewhere
  • Violates another publisher's rights to a previous version

Authors are responsible for obtaining all necessary clearances and permissions.

8. Institutional and Funder IP Rights

Authors are responsible for ensuring their submission complies with:

  • Their institution's intellectual property policies
  • Funder requirements regarding intellectual property and data sharing
  • Any contractual obligations regarding research outcomes

Authors must disclose any restrictions on publication or data sharing to the editor at submission.

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Contact

For questions about intellectual property rights, contact the editorial office at editor@ijtaci.com.