Copyright Policies

Copyright, Open Access, and Licensing Policy

The Bulletin of Humanities and Social Sciences (BHSS) is a fully open-access journal. All articles published in the journal are made immediately and permanently available to the public without subscription fees or access barriers, supporting the global dissemination of scholarly knowledge in the humanities and social sciences.

Copyright

Authors publishing in BHSS retain the copyright to their work. By submitting and publishing an article, authors grant the publisher a non-exclusive license to publish, distribute, archive, and display the work as the official version of record.

This license allows the journal to disseminate the work while ensuring that authors maintain full ownership of their intellectual property.

Open Access License

All articles published in BHSS are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) License.

This license permits others to read, download, copy, distribute, share, adapt, and reproduce the work in any medium or format for non-commercial purposes, provided that:

  • Appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and the journal

  • A link to the Creative Commons license is provided

  • Any changes made are clearly indicated

The license ensures broad academic dissemination while protecting the work from unauthorized commercial exploitation.

Author Rights

Authors retain full intellectual property rights over their published work, including associated research materials and data (where applicable).

Authors are permitted to:

  • Share their articles for non-commercial scholarly purposes with proper attribution

  • Use their articles in teaching, presentations, and academic coursework

  • Include their articles in theses or dissertations

  • Archive the published version in institutional or subject repositories

  • Reuse portions of their work in future non-commercial scholarly publications with appropriate citation

  • Share links to the official published version on academic and professional platforms

Commercial Use

Any commercial use of articles published under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license requires explicit permission from the copyright holder(s).

Commercial entities wishing to reproduce, distribute, or adapt content for commercial purposes must obtain written authorization from the copyright owner.

By submitting a manuscript to BHSS, authors acknowledge and agree to these copyright, open-access, and licensing terms.