Kerala History and Studies Journal is committed to making published scholarly research accessible to readers, researchers, students and the wider academic community. Articles published by the journal are made available online through the journal website in accordance with the journal's publication and copyright arrangements.
1. Access to Published Articles
Published articles are made available through the journal's online archive. Readers may access the published article pages and, where a PDF is provided, the corresponding article PDF.
Access to an article does not transfer copyright ownership or other intellectual property rights in the work.
2. Reader Access
Readers may access published research for legitimate scholarly, educational and research purposes, subject to applicable copyright law and the terms governing the particular article.
Readers should cite published material accurately whenever it is used in research, teaching, writing or other scholarly work.
3. Author Rights
Authors retain the rights provided to them under the journal's copyright arrangements.
Authors may use their published work for legitimate academic purposes, subject to applicable copyright requirements and any specific publication agreement.
4. Scholarly Sharing
Authors may share information about their published article through appropriate academic and professional channels.
When sharing or referring to a published article, authors should provide the official bibliographic details and DOI where one has been assigned.
5. Institutional Repositories
Authors wishing to deposit a version of their article in an institutional repository or other scholarly archive should ensure that the deposit complies with the copyright and licensing arrangements applicable to the article.
6. Downloading Articles
Readers may download article PDFs made available through the journal website for personal scholarly and research use, subject to applicable copyright law.
Downloaded material should not be reproduced, redistributed or commercially exploited in a manner that infringes the rights of the relevant copyright holder.
7. Citation of Openly Accessible Articles
Open access to an article does not remove the requirement for proper scholarly citation.
Users should acknowledge the author, article title, journal, volume, issue, publication year, page information where applicable and DOI where available.
8. Copyright
Open access concerns the availability of published research and does not necessarily mean that all material may be reused without restriction.
The rights associated with each article should be considered before substantial reproduction, adaptation, republication or commercial use.
For further information, please see the journal's Copyright Policy .
9. Third-Party Material
Some articles may contain photographs, maps, illustrations, archival material, tables or other content belonging to third parties.
Open availability of an article does not automatically grant permission to reproduce third-party material contained within it. Users should determine whether separate permission is required.
10. Long-Term Access
The journal seeks to maintain access to its published archive so that readers and researchers can continue to discover and consult previously published scholarship.
Bibliographic information and article records may also be preserved or distributed through appropriate scholarly discovery and indexing services.
11. Indexing and Discovery
Making articles accessible online also supports their discovery by researchers through search engines, scholarly databases, indexing services and academic citation systems where applicable.
12. Author Responsibility
Authors remain responsible for ensuring that material submitted for publication can lawfully be made available through the journal.
Authors should obtain the necessary permissions for copyrighted third-party material before publication where such permissions are required.
13. Ethical Use of Published Material
Readers and researchers are expected to use published articles responsibly and to acknowledge the original source when material is quoted, paraphrased, reproduced or discussed.
Open access should not be interpreted as permission to present another author's work as one's own.
14. Commercial Use
Commercial reproduction or substantial redistribution of published material may require permission from the relevant copyright holder.
Users should review the applicable copyright and licensing conditions before undertaking commercial use.
15. Accessibility and Academic Dissemination
The journal seeks to make published research available in a form that can be discovered and consulted by members of the academic community.
Authors and readers are encouraged to use accurate bibliographic information when sharing published research through academic networks and scholarly communication channels.
16. Relationship with Copyright and Licensing
The journal's open access arrangements operate together with its copyright and licensing provisions.
Where an individual article is subject to specific licensing conditions, those conditions take precedence for the use of that article.
17. Changes to the Policy
The journal may revise this policy when necessary to reflect changes in its publication practices, applicable legal requirements or scholarly publishing standards.
Any revised policy will be made available through the journal website.
18. Related Policies
This policy should be read together with the journal's other publication policies.