Licensing Terms and Conditions
The Pantao International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences is committed to the principles of open access publishing and adheres to internationally recognized standards for scholarly accessibility, transparency, and ethical dissemination of research.
All articles published in the journal are made immediately and permanently available online without subscription fees, access charges, registration requirements, or embargo periods. Readers are permitted to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, cite, link to, and share the full texts of published articles in accordance with the terms of the applicable Creative Commons license.
Open Access License
Unless otherwise specified, all articles published by the Pantao International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).
Under this license, users may:
• Share, copy, and redistribute the material in any medium or format
• Adapt, remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, including commercial use
provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and the journal, a link to the license is provided, and any modifications made are clearly indicated.
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Licensing Compliance
The Pantao International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences shall not impose additional legal, financial, or technical barriers beyond those permitted under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Any reuse of journal content must fully comply with the conditions and attribution requirements of the license.
Archiving and Digital Preservation
To ensure long-term preservation and accessibility of published scholarship, the journal supports digital archiving and repository deposit practices consistent with international open access publishing standards. Published content may be archived through institutional repositories, indexing databases, library systems, and digital preservation services.
Metadata and Indexing
The journal permits the harvesting, indexing, dissemination, and storage of article metadata by indexing services, repositories, academic databases, libraries, and search engines to maximize the visibility, accessibility, discoverability, citation, and scholarly impact of published works.
Author Responsibilities
Authors are solely responsible for the originality, accuracy, integrity, and legality of the content submitted for publication. Submission to the journal signifies that the manuscript is original, has not been previously published elsewhere, is not under simultaneous consideration by another publication, and does not infringe upon any copyright, intellectual property right, or third-party interest.
Authors are likewise responsible for ensuring compliance with research ethics, applicable institutional requirements, informed consent standards, and ethical approval procedures where necessary.
Third-Party Materials
If a manuscript contains copyrighted materials, images, figures, tables, or other content owned by third parties, authors must secure all necessary permissions prior to submission and publication. Such materials remain subject to the copyright conditions imposed by their respective rights holders.
Policy Revisions
The Pantao International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences reserves the right to revise or update these licensing terms and policies to maintain compliance with evolving international publishing standards, ethical guidelines, and open access principles. Any revisions shall apply prospectively and shall not alter the licensing terms granted to previously published articles.