Intellectual Property Policy

Copyright in articles published by Athena Health & Research Journal remains with the authors. Authors grant the journal the right of first publication and the non-exclusive rights necessary to publish, disseminate, preserve and index the article. Published articles are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International licence, unless a different licence is explicitly displayed on the article. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.

Reproducing third party illustrative materials

If authors wish to include illustrative material that contains material within or belongs to someone else they must either:

• obtain permission from the copyright owner first and pay any required fees;

• follow the required processes for reuse in line with the STM Permission Guidelines (where applicable); or

• be able to rely on a copyright exception for the use.

Illustrative material can include, but is not limited to – brands, diagrams, figures,graphs, images, photos, pictures, videos or tables.

Authors must also include a copyright notice and/or acknowledgment identifying the source and rights holder (and as required by the rights holder) within the illustrative material(s).

Where the granting of permission are the grounds for reuse (as opposed to relying on a copyright exception), AHRJ will require authors to show written evidence of the permission granted by the rights holder with dates mentioned for the reuse. This may be in the form of a stand alone document or an email from the publisher/rights holder. If you are relying on a copyright exception, you will be asked to explain why you believe this applies.