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ÂSÂR Journal of Academic Religious Studies does not require authors to transfer their copyrights. Authors (or their employers) retain copyright over their articles. The only requirement from the authors is to accept publication under the CC BY-NC license. All articles published by ÂSÂR Journal of Academic Religious Studies (regardless of the research funder) are published as open access and are allowed to be reused under the terms of the CC BY-NC open access license.

Authors retain the copyright of their works published in ÂSÂR Journal of Academic Religious Studies, and their works are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license. The CC BY-NC 4.0 license permits sharing, copying, and reproducing the work in any medium and format, as well as adapting, transforming, and building upon it, provided that proper attribution is given to the original work and the usage remains non-commercial.

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The copyright of the published article belongs to the author under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

Authors grant this Journal the authority to publish the article and identify itself as the original publisher.

Authors allow any third party to freely use the article, provided that the original authors and citation details are properly identified.

Nothing in this license restricts or impairs an author’s rights to maintain the integrity and ownership of their work.

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ÂSÂR Journal of Academic Religious Studies’ Open Access License:

License: CC BY-NC

Embedded Licenses: Yes. ÂSÂR Journal of Academic Religious Studies includes licensing information in its articles.

Copyright: Authors retain copyright and full publication rights without restrictions.

Open Access Start Date: 2025

Publication Type: Open Access

Open Citations:

ÂSÂR Journal of Academic Religious Studies has chosen to make citation data open through the Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC).

Open Access means that publications are available online for free to everyone, with limited restrictions on reuse. The unrestricted dissemination of research is particularly important for authors, readers, and funders. Therefore,

ÂSÂR Journal of Academic Religious Studies believes that for open access to function effectively, user rights and copyright ownership must be explicitly defined through licensing.

All our articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license. This license allows authors and any non-commercial entity to reuse the articles for non-commercial purposes, provided they comply with the CC BY-NC license. However, commercial users or those seeking to use the material for commercial purposes must obtain permission from the institution. The CC BY-NC license is stated in the articles.

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