Copyright and Licensing Policy

Rights and Reuse Policy

Copyright and Licensing Policy

This policy explains copyright ownership and the conditions governing access, distribution, adaptation and reuse of material published by the International Journal of Education and Skills for the Green Economy.

Copyright ownership

Authors retain copyright in their articles published by IJESGE. Submission and publication in the journal do not transfer ownership of copyright from the authors to the journal, editors or supporting institutions.

Authors grant the journal the right of first publication and authorize IJESGE to publish, reproduce, preserve, distribute and identify itself as the original publisher of the article.

Publication licence

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Unless otherwise stated on an individual article, content published by IJESGE is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

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Permissions granted under CC BY 4.0

Share

Users may copy and redistribute published material in any medium or format.

Adapt

Users may remix, transform, translate or build upon published material.

Reuse

Material may be reused for academic, educational, professional or commercial purposes, subject to the licence conditions.

Attribution requirements

Anyone reusing material published by IJESGE must provide appropriate attribution. Attribution should include, where available:

  • The name of the author or authors;
  • The complete title of the article;
  • The journal title;
  • The year, volume, issue and page or article number;
  • The article DOI or official publication link;
  • A reference or link to the CC BY 4.0 licence;
  • An indication of whether any changes were made to the original material.

Recommended citation notice

© The author(s). First published by the International Journal of Education and Skills for the Green Economy. Distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

Author rights

Authors retain the right to:

  • Be identified and properly credited as the creators of their work;
  • Reuse their article in future academic works with acknowledgement of its original publication;
  • Use the article for teaching, presentations and non-exclusive professional purposes;
  • Deposit the permitted version in institutional or subject repositories;
  • Share the published article through academic profiles and personal websites;
  • Enter into separate, non-exclusive arrangements for distribution of the published work, provided that its original publication in IJESGE is acknowledged.

Author warranties

By submitting a manuscript, the authors confirm that the work is original, that they are entitled to submit it and that its publication will not infringe copyright, privacy, confidentiality or other legal rights.

Authors are responsible for obtaining written permission to reproduce copyrighted figures, photographs, tables, substantial quotations or other third-party material not covered by lawful quotation or another applicable exception.

Third-party material

Images, datasets or other material credited to a third party may be subject to separate copyright conditions and may not necessarily be covered by the article’s Creative Commons licence.

Moral rights

The authors’ moral rights, including the right to attribution and protection against misleading representation of their work, remain respected.

Text and data mining

Text and data mining of published content is permitted where it complies with the CC BY 4.0 licence, applicable law and proper attribution requirements.

Repository and online distribution

Authors may archive and distribute their articles through institutional repositories, subject repositories, research profiles and personal academic websites. The archived record should acknowledge IJESGE as the original publisher and include the DOI or official article URL whenever available.

Changes and adaptations

Adapted, translated or modified versions must clearly state that changes were made. Such versions must not imply that the authors, journal, editors or supporting institutions endorse the adaptation unless written authorization has been obtained.

Licensing principle

IJESGE supports broad and responsible dissemination of scholarly knowledge while protecting author attribution, research integrity and transparent identification of the original published record.

Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Copyright holder: The author(s)

Effective date: 2026

Last reviewed: August 2026