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Copyright Statement

In the Journal of Research on Religion & Health, authors of the articles fully retain the intellectual property and copyright of their works without any restrictions. By accepting publication, authors merely grant the journal a non-exclusive license to publish, making their work freely available to the scientific community and the general public under the Creative Commons International License (CC BY 4.0).

1. Retention of Intellectual Property and Grant of Publishing License

• Author Copyright Retention: The copyright of the work remains indefinitely with the authors post-publication, and no Exclusive Copyright Transfer form is signed between the authors and the publisher.
• Non-Exclusive Publishing License to the Journal: Authors grant Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, as the official publisher, a perpetual and non-exclusive right for the first publication of the article, indexing in citation databases, and digital archiving of the work.
• Author Reuse Rights: Authors are permitted to republish their work in books, dissertations, academic training packages, institutional repositories, or personal websites without seeking prior permission from the journal, provided that an accurate citation to the original publication in this journal is included.

2. Terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

All articles in the journal are published under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license. This open-access license allows anyone to:

• Share and Distribute: Copy and redistribute the material in any medium, format, or scientific repository.
• Adapt and Build Upon: Remix, transform, and build upon the material (even for commercial purposes).

Mandatory Condition: Appropriate citation and attribution to the authors, mentioning the full name of the journal, providing a link to the license, and indicating if changes were made are strictly required. The official legal text can be found in the CC BY 4.0 Legal Code.

3. Responsibility for Third-Party Content

If previously published images, tables, questionnaires, or charts are used in the manuscript, authors must obtain written permission for reuse from the original copyright holder prior to final submission and explicitly cite it in the figure or table caption. The full legal and ethical responsibility for the unauthorized use of others' works rests with the corresponding author.