Copyright and Licensing Policy

Copyright

Upon acceptance and publication, the copyright of all articles is transferred to the Pakistan Journal of Rehabilitation. 

Pakistan Journal of Rehabilitation, as the copyright holder, maintains the right to publish, disseminate, archive, and license the article in print and electronic formats, as well as to deposit it in national and international indexing and archiving services.

Authors cannot publish the submitted or published version of their article elsewhere without prior written permission from the journal. However, they may share the preprint or accepted manuscript in institutional repositories or on personal websites, provided that a citation to the published version in PJR is included.

Licensing

All articles published in PJR are made openly accessible under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

This license permits:

Sharing — copying and redistributing the material in any medium or format.

Adaptation — remixing, transforming, and building upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.

Conditions of reuse:

Proper attribution must be given to the original author(s) and Pakistan Journal of Rehabilitation as the copyright holder.

A link to the license must be provided: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. 

Any modifications or adaptations must be clearly indicated.

Author Responsibilities

By submitting a manuscript, authors agree to transfer copyright to Pakistan Journal of Rehabilitation upon acceptance.

Authors must ensure their work is original, free from plagiarism, and that necessary permissions are obtained for any third-party materials (figures, tables, images, or datasets).

Authors may use their published work in teaching, presentations, and future scholarly works, provided they acknowledge the journal as the original source.

Journal Responsibilities

Pakistan Journal of Rehabilitation ensures transparency in copyright and licensing practices, following open access standards.

Each published article will display a clear copyright notice and licensing terms.

Pakistan Journal of Rehabilitation commits to maintaining permanent open access to all articles and ensures their preservation in digital archives and repositories.

Archiving and Accessibility

All published articles are freely accessible without subscription or paywall.

Pakistan Journal of Rehabilitation deposits and preserves its content in national and international repositories to guarantee long-term availability.