Copyright and License

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSING POLICY

EJI | The Education Journal of Indonesia

1. Copyright Ownership

EJI | The Education Journal of Indonesia respects the intellectual property rights of authors and is committed to transparent copyright practices.

Unless otherwise specified in the journal’s author guidelines or publication agreement, authors retain the copyright of their published works. By submitting a manuscript, authors confirm that they have the right to publish the work and that its publication does not infringe upon the copyright, intellectual property rights, or other legal rights of any third party.

Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyrighted materials, including figures, tables, photographs, instruments, and substantial excerpts from other publications, where such permission is required.

2. Open Access and Licensing

EJI | The Education Journal of Indonesia supports the dissemination of scholarly knowledge through open access. Articles published in the journal are intended to be freely accessible to readers without subscription fees or other access charges.

Unless otherwise stated on an individual article, the journal applies the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) to its published content.

Under this license, users may copy, distribute, reproduce, adapt, translate, and build upon the published material for any purpose, including commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and source, a link to the license is provided, and any changes made are indicated.

License details are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

3. Author Rights

Authors retain the right to:

  • Share, distribute, and promote their published articles.

  • Deposit the published version of their articles in institutional repositories, subject repositories, or personal websites.

  • Reuse their own published work in future publications, teaching materials, academic presentations, and other scholarly activities, subject to proper acknowledgment of the original publication.

  • Develop derivative works based on their published articles, in accordance with the applicable Creative Commons license.

  • Receive appropriate attribution for their scholarly contributions.

When sharing or reusing their published work, authors should acknowledge the original publication in EJI | The Education Journal of Indonesia and provide the article’s DOI or permanent URL where available.

4. Rights and Responsibilities of Users

Readers and other users may access, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to, and reuse articles published by EJI | The Education Journal of Indonesia in accordance with the license attached to each article.

Users must provide appropriate attribution to the author(s), identify the original publication in the journal, include the applicable license information, and indicate whether modifications have been made. Users must not imply that the author(s) or the journal endorses their use of the work unless explicit permission has been granted.

Materials incorporated into an article that are credited to third parties may be subject to separate copyright terms and may not automatically be covered by the article’s Creative Commons license.

5. Third-Party Materials

Authors must clearly identify and appropriately acknowledge any third-party materials included in their manuscripts. Where required, authors must obtain written permission from the relevant copyright holder before publication.

The journal may request evidence of permission during editorial assessment. Responsibility for securing the necessary permissions rests with the authors.

6. Copyright Infringement and Disputes

The journal takes allegations of copyright infringement seriously. Any concerns regarding unauthorized use of copyrighted material should be reported to the editorial team through the official contact information provided on the journal website.

The editorial team will assess reported concerns and may request supporting documentation, clarification from the relevant parties, or evidence of permission. Where infringement is established, the journal may take appropriate action, including correcting the published record, removing or replacing infringing material where justified, issuing an editorial notice, or retracting an article in serious cases.

All actions will be handled in accordance with applicable laws, publication ethics standards, and the journal’s editorial procedures.

7. Policy Transparency and Updates

EJI | The Education Journal of Indonesia will display its copyright and licensing terms on the journal website and, where applicable, on individual article pages and published article files.

The journal may revise this policy to reflect changes in licensing practices, applicable legal requirements, and scholarly publishing standards. Any revisions will be published on the journal website.