Copyright Infringement Claims
Copyright Infringement Claims
Any claims of copyright infringement should be addressed to the Editor bearing the subject line "Copyright Infringement". Journal of Modern and Versatile Research Approach (JMVRA) is published monthly (12 issues annually).
Page reviewed 17 Oct 2026 · facts read from the journal record
Any claims of copyright infringement should be addressed to the Editor at [email protected] bearing the subject line "Copyright Infringement". The Journal of Modern and Versatile Research Approach - International Peer Reviewed, Open Access Journal (JMVRA) is published Monthly (12 issues annually). Every article is published open access under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0), and authors retain the copyright of their own work at all times.
Copyright & Licence Terms
- Authors retain copyright. The author(s) keep the copyright of their work before, during and after publication. No copyright transfer is required at any stage, and the work is never the property of JMVRA.
- Licence to publish. By submitting, the author(s) grant JMVRA a non-exclusive licence to publish the work first, and to reproduce, distribute, host, archive and include it in indexes and databases, in print and electronic form. If JMVRA does not publish the work, no rights are granted and the author(s) are free to submit it elsewhere.
- CC BY 4.0 licence. Published articles carry the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0): anyone may read, share, adapt and reuse the article, including commercially, provided the original authors and the journal are credited, the licence is linked and any changes are indicated.
- How to credit. Any reproduction, posting, transmission or other reuse of the article or its contents requires a citation in this form: Title of article, author(s), journal title and volume/issue, © year the author(s), published by JMVRA under CC BY 4.0 — with the DOI where one is assigned.
- Author warranties. The author(s) represent and warrant that they are the authors of the work, that all authors have participated in and agree with its content and conclusions, that the work is original and does not infringe any copyright, proprietary or personal right of any third party, and that no part of it, nor any work based on substantially similar data, has been submitted to another publication.
- Responsibility for third-party claims. The corresponding author(s) warrant that JMVRA and the Journal Editors will not be held liable for any third-party copyright claim or lawsuit arising from the work, that the article contains no libellous or unlawful statements, that no unlawful method or material was used in the research, that all legal permissions pertaining to the research were obtained, and that ethical principles were followed throughout.
How a claim is handled
The four stages between your email and a decision.
- Send the claimEmail [email protected] with the subject line “Copyright Infringement”.
- Checked by the editorThe material, your ownership and the overlap are compared against the published record.
- Authors are heardThe corresponding author is asked to respond with evidence; nothing is decided one-sided.
- Outcome in 4–5 daysConfirmed infringement is corrected or removed under the correction and retraction policies, and you are told the result.
What to include in a claim
A complete claim can be assessed at once; a vague one is sent back for detail first.
- The exact article, page or file you believe infringes (URL or DOI)
- The original work and proof that you own or control its rights
- Which passages, figures or data overlap, as precisely as you can
- Your name, institution and a reply address
- A statement that the claim is made in good faith
- Any earlier correspondence with the authors, if there was any
Policies that work alongside this one
Where the Copyright Infringement Claims Applies
The stages of a paper’s journey this policy governs are highlighted.
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Copyright Infringement Claims in Brief
If you believe material published on the JMVRA website infringes your copyright, this page explains how to report it and what information to include so the claim can be assessed.
Claims are investigated promptly and fairly; where infringement is confirmed, the material is corrected or removed in line with the journal’s correction and retraction policies.
