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Journal’s Policy on Intellectual Property
JARDET requires authors to make their article open access under the CC BY-NC-ND license in order to meet the terms of open access publication and ensure the widest possible dissemination. JARDET authors are required to sign the Consent to Publish and Transfer of Copyright form prior to publication of their work.