Licensing Policy

The Journal of Media and Business Studies Research (JMBSR) is an open-access journal, which means that all articles are freely available to read and download without any subscription or payment required. The journal uses the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license. This license allows authors to retain copyright of their work, while also allowing others to reuse, redistribute, and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes, as long as the original author is credited.

What does this mean for authors?

As an author of an article published in JMBSR, you retain copyright of your work. You are free to share your article with others, post it on your website or in a repository, and use it in your own teaching or research. You do not need to ask permission from the journal.

What does this mean for readers?

As a reader of JMBSR, you are free to read, download, and share any article with others, as long as you credit the original author. You can also use articles in your own teaching or research, as long as you do not use them for commercial purposes.

What is not allowed?

The CC BY-NC 4.0 license does not allow you to sell or rent articles published in JMBSR. You also cannot use articles to create derivative works for commercial purposes.

How to cite articles from JMBSR

When citing an article from JMBSR, please use the following format:

Author(s). (Year). Title of article. Journal of Media and Business Studies Research, Volume(Issue), Page numbers.

For example:

Smith, J., & Brown, K. (2023). The impact of social media on brand awareness. Journal of Media and Business Studies Research, 5(1), 1-10.

If you have any questions about the JMB licensing policy, please contact the journal editor.