Intellectual Property

Journal of Midwifery (JOM) safeguards creators’ rights while enabling broad, responsible reuse of published works. JOM is an open access journal. Unless otherwise stated on an individual article, JOM’s articles are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license. Readers may share and adapt the material for non-commercial purposes with attribution and under the same license. The license statement appears on JOM’s site and policy pages, and on article pages.

1. Introduction

  • This policy defines copyright ownership, licensing, third-party content use, and permissions for commercial reuse, consistent with JOM’s open access commitment and the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license conditions.

2. Description

  • Copyright owner: Authors retain copyright to their articles.

  • License to publish: On acceptance, authors grant JOM a non-exclusive, irrevocable license to publish, archive, index, and distribute the Version of Record (VoR) and associated metadata.

  • Reuse by others: Articles may be shared, remixed, and built upon for non-commercial purposes, with proper attribution and ShareAlike terms (derivatives must be licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Commercial reuse requires permission (see Section 4.5).

  • Article page governs: The license text displayed on the article landing page/PDF is the authoritative license for that item. Some legacy articles may display the license on the article page; users should check the article’s license banner before reuse.

3. Policy

3.1 What users may do (summary of CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

  • Share: copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.

  • Adapt: remix, transform, and build upon the material.

  • Conditions:
    a) Attribution — give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.
    b) NonCommercial — no commercial use without permission.
    c) ShareAlike — distribute contributions under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

3.2 What users may not do

  • Apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

  • Use the journal logo, trademarks, or third-party brand assets without written permission.

  • Assume that third-party materials embedded in an article (e.g., photos, figures, instruments) are covered—see 3.4.

3.3 Authors’ rights

  • Retain copyright to the article.

  • Reuse their VoR (or AAM/preprint) in teaching, theses, compilations, and non-commercial repositories with citation to the VoR and a link to the article page.

  • Fulfil funder mandates; where a funder requires a different open license (e.g., CC BY 4.0), JOM can accommodate on request and will display the specific license on the article page.

3.4 Third-party content inside articles

  • Authors must secure permission or ensure that third-party content is licensed for reuse under the article’s license.

  • If third-party materials are not under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, authors must:
    a) obtain written permission covering open access publication, or
    b) clearly credit the item with its own license/restrictions and, if necessary, mark it “All rights reserved – permission required for reuse.”

  • The article’s license does not override more restrictive licenses for third-party content.

3.5 Data, code, and supplements

  • Unless otherwise stated, datasets and code inherit the article’s license. Authors may choose more permissive licenses for data/code (e.g., CC0 for data; MIT/Apache-2.0 for code) and must indicate this in the article and repository records.

3.6 Text-and-data mining (TDM)

  • Non-commercial TDM is permitted consistent with CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, provided that outputs include attribution and, where applicable, are shared under terms compatible with ShareAlike. Bulk access should respect platform stability (contact the editorial office if needed).

3.7 Moral rights and integrity

  • Authors’ moral rights (including the right to be identified as the author and to object to derogatory treatment) are respected under applicable law.

3.8 Corrections, retractions, and versioning

  • When the scholarly record requires amendment, JOM may issue corrections, expressions of concern, or retractions; such notices remain open access and carry appropriate licensing consistent with the original record.

4. Technicalities to Achieve and Materialise the Policies

4.1 License display

  • The license icon/text appears on the article landing page and, where possible, in the PDF footer/cover. The landing page notice is authoritative.

4.2 How to attribute

  • Recommended attribution format: Author(s) (Year). Title. Journal of Midwifery (JoM), Volume(Issue), pages. DOI: ______. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

  • Include a link to the article and to the license deed.

4.3 Self-archiving (repository policy)

  • Authors may deposit preprints, AAMs, and VoR in institutional/subject repositories, consistent with the article’s license, with a citation to the VoR and a link to the journal page (see Repository Policy).

4.4 Using figures/tables from JOM articles

  • Non-commercial reuse with attribution and ShareAlike is allowed.

  • For reuse that mixes licenses (e.g., incorporating into CC BY-only works), ensure compatibility or request permission (4.5).

  • For commercial reuse (e.g., textbooks, for-profit courses, paid apps), obtain permission.

4.5 Permission for commercial use or exceptions

  • Send a request to jom@med.unand.ac.id with: article citation/DOI; description of the intended use; distribution channel; print run or audience size; and whether derivatives will be created.

  • Permissions are typically granted non-exclusively with an attribution requirement; a reasonable fee may apply for commercial reuse.

4.6 Takedown procedure

  • If you believe material on JOM infringes rights, email jom@med.unand.ac.id with the URL, rights holder details, and evidence of ownership. JOM may temporarily restrict access while assessing the claim and will act promptly where infringement is confirmed.

4.7 License exceptions and funder policies

  • If an article must carry a different license (e.g., CC BY 4.0), JOM will indicate this clearly on the article page; that specific notice governs reuse of that article.

Related and supporting policies

Contact

Rights and permissions, commercial reuse, and takedown requests: jom@med.unand.ac.id

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