Eastern Medical College Journal (Eastern Med Coll J) is committed to provide
open access to peer-reviewed research in the medical sciences. These copyright and
licensing terms govern the publication, distribution, and use of all content in
Eastern Med Coll J, including articles, reviews, case reports, and other materials.
1. Author Copyright
Authors retain the copyright
of their work upon publication.
All published articles are
licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–ShareAlike 4.0
International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).
By submitting a manuscript,
authors grant Eastern Med Coll J a non-exclusive right to:
a. Publish the work in print, online, and PDF formats.
b. Index and archive it on the journal website and in third-party repositories
(e.g., Google Scholar, BanglaJOL).
Authors may reuse their work
in books, presentations, or institutional repositories, provided that proper citation
to the original publication in Eastern Med Coll J is included.
The journal’s open-access
policy ensures that published content is freely available for non-commercial use,
sharing, and adaptation with appropriate citation.
2. User Rights
Under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license, users may download, share, adapt, reproduce,
and distribute the content of Eastern Med Coll J in any medium or format
for non-commercial purposes only, provided that:
Proper credit is given to
the author(s), the article title, and Eastern Med Coll J as the source.
Any derivative works are
distributed under the same license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).
3. Third-Party Content
Authors must ensure that
permission has been obtained for any third-party copyright materials (e.g., images,
tables, figures, or extended quotations) used in their manuscripts,
in accordance with applicable copyright law.
Proof of such permission
must be submitted to Eastern Med Coll J at the time of manuscript submission.
4. Publication Agreement
By submitting a manuscript,
authors confirm that their work is original, has not been published elsewhere,
and is not under consideration by another journal.
Authors bear full responsibility
for any copyright infringement and grant the journal the right to withdraw articles if
infringement is proven.
5. Journal Rights
Eastern Med Coll J reserves
the right to edit, format, and adapt manuscripts for clarity, style, and accessibility,
with proper attribution to the authors.
The journal also reserves the right to
permanently archive published content and share it with indexing services, preservation
networks, and repositories to ensure long-term accessibility.
6. Changes to Copyright Terms
Eastern Med Coll J reserves the
right to update or modify these copyright and licensing terms.
Any such changes will be publicly
announced on the journal’s website.
