Copyright Policy

Authors should check their manuscripts for the need to obtain permission due to copyright law. This may include permissions for quotations, figures, photographs, artwork or tables taken or modified from other publications or from other sources on the Internet. Authors need to secure the necessary permissions before submission to the journal. Permission may be needed from the publisher and the Authors of the published materials. If using own materials that have been published by another publisher, the Authors need to obtain permission from the publisher only. It is the duty of the Authors to obtain the permission and not the journal.

Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) holds the copyright to all published articles in the journal. The Author(s) should submit the Copyright Transfer form to the Editor-in-Chief once the manuscript has been accepted for publication. (The journal will hold the copyright of the manuscript once it has been accepted).

Authors must seek permission from the journal to publish in whole or in part their articles that have been published in the journal in another publication.