Copyright & Licensing Policy

Doctors In Business Journal is committed to protecting the rights of authors while supporting broad academic access to research. As a digital, peer-reviewed open source publication dedicated to advancing scholarly research and applied knowledge in business, entrepreneurship, and innovation, the journal seeks to make knowledge widely available, reusable, and responsibly shared.

Unless otherwise stated, authors retain copyright to their published work while allowing open access and free use while still maintaining ownership. By submitting and publishing with Doctors In Business Journal, authors grant the journal a non-exclusive license to publish, distribute, archive, and display the article in all current and future formats. This license also allows the journal to index the work, promote it, and preserve it for long-term scholarly access.

All articles published by Doctors In Business Journal are made available under an open license that permits reading, sharing, and proper citation in accordance with the terms of the license. Authors and readers must always provide clear attribution to the original source and may not misrepresent the work, remove authorship credit, or use published material in a way that violates the applicable license terms.
Authors are responsible for ensuring that any third-party content included in their manuscripts, such as figures, tables, images, or extensive quotations, has been properly cleared for publication.

Doctors In Business Journal values intellectual property, academic integrity, and open access scholarship. Our copyright and licensing approach is designed to protect authorship while expanding the reach and impact of research across the global business community.