Copyright and Licensing Policy
Forbes Journal of Medicine, under the institutional framework of Buca Seyfi Demirsoy Training and Research Hospital, is committed to protecting intellectual property rights and ensuring an ethical and transparent access model for all published academic content. This policy outlines the journal’s principles regarding copyright ownership, licensing practices, and permissible use of published materials.
Copyright Ownership
• Unless otherwise stated, copyright of articles published in Forbes Journal of Medicine remains with the author(s).
• By submitting a manu, authors affirm that the work is original, has not been published elsewhere, and does not infringe the rights of third parties.
• Upon acceptance, authors are required to sign the Copyright Agreement Form, granting Buca Seyfi Demirsoy Training and Research Hospital the non-exclusive right to publish, archive, and distribute the work in print and digital formats.
• While copyright remains with the author(s), usage and distribution rights may be administered by the hospital.
Creative Commons License
All articles published in Forbes Journal of Medicine are made openly accessible under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) 4.0 International License.
Under this license:
• Content may be used for non-commercial purposes.
• Proper attribution to the original authors and the journal is required.
Responsibilities of Authors
• Authors must ensure that their submissions are original, ethically prepared, and free from third-party copyright violations.
• Any third-party materials (e.g., tables, figures, datasets, or textual excerpts) must be appropriately cited and used only with the required permissions.
• Authors are responsible for complying with the terms of the Creative Commons license applied to their published work.
Use of Published Content
• Users may access, share, and utilize articles within the limits permitted by the applicable license.
• Use for educational, instructional, personal archiving, or non-commercial academic purposes is allowed.
• Commercial use, modification, or creation of derivative works is permissible only when explicitly allowed by the license.
• Any use without proper attribution constitutes a copyright violation.
Permissions and Licensing Inquiries
For detailed information regarding licensing terms or to request special permissions, users may consult the “Copyright and Licensing” section on the journal’s website or contact the editorial office directly.