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Authors who publish with International Journal of Green Tourism Research and Applications agree to the following terms:

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

International Journal of Green Tourism Research and Applications supports the authors' need to disseminate their work and maximize its impact. Authors retain the right to use their articles in various ways, including sharing and distributing them through institutional or professional channels. These rights do not require special permissions from the journal.

Authors whose works are published in International Journal of Green Tourism Research and Applications can freely use their articles for educational and scientific purposes, such as:

  • Using the articles in lectures, presentations, or conferences and distributing copies to participants, by mentioning that the articles have been published in International Journal of Green Tourism Research and Applications or put additional notes on the presentation slides with "Published in International Journal of Green Tourism Research and Applications, Vol. xx, No. xx, Year xxxx".
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  • Incorporating the articles into a thesis or dissertation.
  • Reusing sections or excerpts from the articles in other works for further analysis or as comparative material in other scientific writings, fully acknowledging the published article through proper citation of the published article, and must not constitute (i) data fabrication, (ii) republication with the same title, scope, and research focus, or (iii) a mere translation of the original article using the same content.
  • Preparing derivative works for non-commercial purposes, with full acknowledgment of the published article.
  • Posting the articles voluntarily on open-access websites operated by the authors or their institutions for scientific purposes.

When submitting a manuscript to the International Journal of Green Tourism Research and Applications, authors agree that if the manuscript is accepted for publication, the publishing copyright of the article will be assigned to IJOGTRA.