Copyright and Licensing Policy

The International Journal of Contemporary Security Studies publishes all content under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). This license allows for unrestricted use, sharing, adaptation, and reproduction in any format or medium, provided that the original authorship and source are clearly acknowledged.

Authors retain full copyright over their work.

In line with its open access principles, the journal actively supports and encourages authors to deposit all versions of their manuscripts—whether pre-print (submitted version), post-print (accepted manuscript), or the final published version—in a variety of repositories and platforms, such as:

  • Personal or institutional websites

  • University or disciplinary repositories

  • Academic networking sites (e.g., ResearchGate, Academia.edu)

This can be done at any point in the publishing process, including before formal publication.

To comply with licensing terms, authors should ensure that shared versions include:

  • Complete bibliographic citation

  • Explicit reference to the journal’s name

  • A direct hyperlink to the article’s DOI

No additional permission is needed from the journal’s editorial board or publisher, as long as the conditions of the CC BY 4.0 license are respected.