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Policies

Copyrights Policy

Authors retain the copyrights of published manuscripts and will grant Malaysian Journal of Chinese Studies a license to publish the articles and identify the journal as the original publisher, and any third party the right to use, copy, edit, adapt, reproduce, sell and/or distribute reproductions of, display, publicly perform, make available, communicate and distribute Content (in whole or part) and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed capable of sub-license to other entities. This will ensure ease of dissemination of information. Authors who do not wish to grant this license should indicate so when submitting their manuscripts.

Rights for Authors and Malaysian Journal of Chinese Studies

In consideration of the publication of the article, the authors assign to Malaysian Journal of Chinese Studies all copyright in the article, subject to the broad personal-use exceptions described below.

Attribution and Usage Policies

Reproduction, posting, transmission or other distribution or use of the article or any material therein, in any medium as permitted by a personal-use exemption or by written agreement of Malaysian Journal of Chinese Studies, requires credit to the journal as copyright holder (e.g., Malaysian Journal of Chinese Studies © 2024).

Personal-use Exceptions

The following uses are always permitted to the author(s) and do not require further permission from Malaysian Journal of Chinese Studies provided the author does not alter the format or content of the articles, including the copyright notification:

  • Storage and back-up of the article on the author’s computer(s) and digital media (e.g., diskettes, back-up servers, Zip disks, etc.), provided that the article stored on these computers and media is not readily accessible by persons other than the author(s);

  • Posting of the article on the author’s personal website, provided that the website is non-commercial;

  • Posting of the article on the internet as part of a non-commercial open access institutional repository or other non-commercial open access publication site affiliated with the author’s place of employment; and

  • Posting of the article on a non-commercial course website for a course being taught by the author at the university or college employing the author.

Open Access Policy

New Era University College publishes fully open access journals licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Articles are freely available for anyone to copy, share, and adapt provided the original work and source is properly cited in accordance with publication ethics and best practices of scholarly publishing. 

Please refer to Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) license, <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/>, at Creative Commons website <http://creativecommons.org/licenses>.)