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The Asian Journal of Information Science and Technology (AJIST), published by the Centre for Research and Innovation (CRI), follows a Gold Open Access publishing model. This policy explains copyright ownership, the Creative Commons licence applied to published articles, author reuse and repository rights, third-party permissions, and the copyright notice used on AJIST article webpages and published PDFs.

Upon acceptance, the author(s), or another lawful copyright holder where applicable, must complete the AJIST Author Declaration and Copyright Transfer Agreement. Copyright in the published Version of Record transfers to CRI upon publication.

After transfer, CRI holds copyright in the published Version of Record and may publish, reproduce, distribute, archive, preserve, index, disseminate, license, and protect the article in accordance with AJIST policies.

2. Open Access Licence

All AJIST articles are made immediately and permanently available online under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).

The licence permits users to copy and redistribute the published article in any medium or format for non-commercial purposes, provided appropriate credit is given, the original AJIST publication is acknowledged, and the article is shared without modification.

Commercial use and distribution of modified, adapted, translated, remixed, transformed, or derivative versions are not permitted under this licence without additional permission from the copyright holder.

For articles published in 2026, the article landing page and published PDF should display:

© 2026 Centre for Research and Innovation (CRI). This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

For later articles, the year should correspond to the actual year of publication.

4. Author Rights and Scholarly Reuse

Authors retain the scholarly reuse and repository rights expressly allowed by AJIST policies. Under the Open Access Policy, authors may deposit the submitted manuscript, accepted manuscript, and published Version of Record in institutional, subject, or other appropriate scholarly repositories without an embargo, subject to the conditions below.

  • The published article must remain unchanged.
  • The complete bibliographic citation and DOI or permanent link must be provided.
  • The CRI copyright notice must be retained.
  • The CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence must be clearly identified.
  • AJIST and CRI must be acknowledged as the original journal and publisher.

5. Version of Record Sharing

Authors and readers may share the published Version of Record for non-commercial purposes in accordance with CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. The Version of Record must not be altered, adapted, translated, or otherwise modified for redistribution unless additional permission has been obtained from the copyright holder.

6. Third-Party Material and Permissions

Authors are responsible for ensuring that material in a submission is original or used with appropriate permission. This obligation also forms part of AJIST’s Publication Ethics & Publication Malpractice Statement.

When copyrighted figures, tables, photographs, substantial text extracts, or other third-party material are reproduced, authors must obtain any required written permission before publication and acknowledge the original source appropriately.

Third-party material excluded from the article’s Creative Commons licence must be clearly identified with an appropriate credit line or rights statement. Users must obtain permission from the relevant rights holder where required.

7. Author Declaration

The corresponding author, when authorised by all co-authors, confirms that the manuscript is original, all authors have approved the submission and final version, necessary permissions have been obtained, conflicts of interest and funding have been disclosed, ethical requirements have been met, and the signatory has authority to enter into the copyright agreement on behalf of the authors where applicable.

8. Digital Preservation and Archiving

AJIST supports long-term access through its digital-preservation arrangements, including the PKP Preservation Network. Copyright and licence information should remain associated with preserved and archived copies of the Version of Record.

9. Relationship with Other AJIST Policies

This policy operates together with the Open Access Policy, Author Guidelines, Publication Ethics & Publication Malpractice Statement, and Author Declaration and Copyright Transfer Agreement.

10. Contact

Questions about copyright, licensing, permissions, or reuse may be sent through the AJIST Contact page or to the editorial office: Centre for Research and Innovation (CRI), 9/865, Maruthi Nagar, Rakkipalayam Post, Coimbatore - 641031, Tamil Nadu, India. Email: editorial@crijournals.org.