Licensing Policy

The International Journal of Counseling and Applied Psychology (IJCAP) applies the principles of open access publishing to ensure that knowledge is freely accessible and reusable under clear licensing terms.

1. Copyright

Authors retain the copyright of their published work.
Upon acceptance, authors grant IJCAP the non-exclusive right to publish, archive, and disseminate the article.
Authors may deposit, share, and archive their published article in institutional repositories, personal websites, or scholarly platforms without restriction, provided that proper citation to the original publication is given.

2. Licensing Terms

All articles in IJCAP are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).
This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, adaptation, and reproduction in any medium, including for commercial purposes, provided that the original author and source are properly credited.
Users are free to:

Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.

Under the following condition:

Attribution — appropriate credit must be given, a link to the license provided, and indication if changes were made.

3. Author Rights

Authors are free to:

Reuse their work in future publications (books, book chapters, teaching materials, etc.).
Deposit the final published version in institutional or subject repositories immediately upon publication.
Distribute copies of their work in any format for non-commercial purposes.

4. Publisher Rights

The publisher (DnA Horizon Press) has the right to:

Publish and disseminate the work globally.
Ensure long-term digital preservation and availability of all published content.
Enforce compliance with licensing and copyright policies.

5. Compliance with Open Access Standards

This licensing policy is aligned with: