Copyright and Author Rights Policy

Copyright Ownership

Authors retain copyright in articles published in the Dyal Singh Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (DSJHSS).

Acceptance and publication do not require authors to transfer ownership of copyright to the journal or publisher.

Rights Granted to the Journal

By agreeing to publication, authors grant DSJHSS and its publisher, Government Dyal Singh Graduate College, a non-exclusive right to:

·        publish the article as the Version of Record;

·        reproduce and distribute the article in print and electronic formats;

·        include the article and its metadata in journal archives, repositories, preservation systems, indexing services and scholarly databases; and

·        make reasonable technical or formatting conversions needed for publication, preservation and discoverability.

These rights are non-exclusive. Authors remain free to use and distribute their work in accordance with the article's open licence.

Open Licence

Published articles are made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0). This permits broad reuse with appropriate attribution.

Author Reuse

Authors may reuse their published article in later academic work, teaching, institutional repositories, personal scholarly websites, books, theses or other lawful contexts, subject to proper citation of the journal publication and the rights of any third-party material.

Author Responsibility for Rights

Authors must ensure that their submission does not unlawfully reproduce copyrighted material. Where permission is required for figures, images, tables, extensive quotations or other third-party content, the author is responsible for obtaining and documenting that permission before publication.

Moral Rights and Attribution

DSJHSS respects the right of authors to be identified with their work. Editorial and production changes should not alter an author's substantive argument without consultation and approval, except for minor copyediting or formatting that does not change meaning.

Changes to Authorship or Ownership

Requests concerning changes in authorship are governed by the Authorship and Contributorship Policy. Copyright disputes or claims involving published material will be examined by the journal and, where necessary, referred to the appropriate rights holder or institutional authority.