Copyright & Licensing

Copyright Ownership
Authors of manuscripts published in Al-Shajarah retain full copyright to their work. By submitting to the journal, authors grant Al-Shajarah a non-exclusive license to publish, distribute, and preserve the article as the version of record, both in print and digital formats.

Open Access Licensing
All articles in Al-Shajarah are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, adaptation, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited, and attribution is given to the author(s) and the journal.

Author Rights

1. Authors may freely archive preprints, accepted manuscripts, and the published version (version of record) in institutional repositories, personal websites, or academic networking platforms.

2. Authors may reuse their published work for teaching, academic sharing, and inclusion in future publications, provided that proper acknowledgment and citation of the original publication in Al-Shajarah are given.

Third-Party Material
Authors are responsible for securing permissions for any copyrighted material (e.g., images, figures, tables) used within their article. All third-party content must be properly credited and comply with licensing requirements compatible with CC BY 4.0.

Publisher Rights & Preservation
Al-Shajarah reserves the right to edit, format, and disseminate accepted manuscripts to ensure consistency and quality. The journal is committed to permanent digital preservation, ensuring that all published articles remain openly accessible for future generations.

Irrevocability of License
Articles published under CC BY 4.0 are licensed irrevocably. This ensures that the terms of access and reuse remain permanently valid for the benefit of the global scholarly community.