Copyright and Licensing
Clear, author-friendly licensing that maximizes the reach and impact of child psychiatry research.
Open Access Under Creative Commons
JCAP publishes all articles under Creative Commons licensing, ensuring global accessibility while protecting author attribution.
Our licensing framework supports open science principles and enables broad educational and clinical use of published research.
All articles published in the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry are released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). This license enables maximum dissemination of pediatric mental health research while ensuring authors receive proper credit for their contributions.
Share Freely
Anyone may copy, redistribute, and share the material in any medium or format, including for commercial purposes, with proper attribution.
Adapt and Build
Others may remix, transform, and build upon your work for any purpose, as long as they credit the original author and source.
No Additional Restrictions
No legal terms or technological measures may restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
Attribution Required
Users must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made to the original work.
Under our open access model, authors retain copyright ownership of their published work. JCAP receives a non-exclusive license to publish and distribute the article. Authors may freely share, reuse, and build upon their own work without seeking additional permission from the journal.
What this means for you: You maintain full ownership of your research while enabling the widest possible dissemination. Share your published article on your personal website, institutional repository, or social media platforms with confidence.
If your submission includes content from other sources, such as figures, tables, or extended quotations, you must obtain permission from the original copyright holder before submission. Provide documentation of permissions during the manuscript preparation process. Content not covered by the CC BY license must be clearly identified.
- Obtain written permission for all third-party content
- Include permission documentation with your submission
- Clearly credit original sources in figure legends and captions
- Identify any content excluded from the open access license
Users reusing CC BY content must provide appropriate credit including author names, article title, journal name, and DOI link. Modifications should be noted, and the license terms must not restrict others from exercising their rights under the creative commons framework.
Our CC BY 4.0 licensing meets the requirements of major research funders mandating open access publication. Authors can demonstrate compliance by pointing to the license terms attached to their published articles. JCAP provides documentation support for grant reporting and compliance verification when needed.
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