Copyright and Licensing
Clear licensing terms maximizing the reach and impact of published psychotherapy research while protecting author rights.
Open Access Licensing for Mental Health Research
IJPPR publishes all articles under Creative Commons licensing, ensuring maximum dissemination and reuse of psychotherapy research while maintaining appropriate attribution standards.
Our licensing approach balances open access principles with author recognition, enabling broad educational and clinical use of published mental health research.
All IJPPR articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). This license permits sharing, adaptation, and commercial use with proper attribution to original psychotherapy research authors.
Sharing Permitted
Readers may copy, distribute, and transmit published psychotherapy research through any medium or format for mental health education and clinical training.
Adaptation Allowed
Others may remix, transform, and build upon published clinical psychology articles for any purpose, including commercial applications and therapeutic resources.
Attribution Required
Users must give appropriate credit to original authors, provide license links, and indicate changes made to psychotherapy research content.
IJPPR authors retain copyright to their work while granting the journal publication rights. This approach allows authors to share, reuse, and build upon their psychotherapy research without restriction.
- Retain full copyright ownership of published psychotherapy and mental health research articles
- Share articles immediately in repositories and personal websites for clinical psychology education
- Include work in future publications, compilations, and teaching materials for therapeutic training
- Grant others permission for reuse without publisher involvement for mental health resources
Third-party content: Authors are responsible for obtaining permissions for any third-party content included in their psychotherapy manuscripts. This includes figures, tables, and extended quotations from copyrighted clinical sources.
CC BY licensing satisfies open access requirements from major research funders including NIH, NIMH, Wellcome Trust, and foundations supporting mental health and psychology research. Our licensing terms ensure published psychotherapy articles meet funder accessibility mandates.
The CC BY license permits commercial use of published psychotherapy content with proper attribution. This enables incorporation into clinical resources, training materials, and educational products that benefit mental health practitioners worldwide.
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