Creative Commons Attribution License
Open Access Policy
All journals of the Canadian Institute for Knowledge Development (CIKD) publish open access articles under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) License. The CC BY License permits use - including commercial and non-commercial reuse - distribution, and reproduction in any medium, as long as the original work is properly cited.
By submitting their manuscripts to any of the CIKD’s journals, the authors transfer to the journal the right to publish their work under the terms of CC BY License.
In some cases, if we decide to choose the other types of Creative Common license, we will inform related authors before publication.
The author can request an exception to the CC BY license during submission
If you wish to apply for this exception and retain other license types to your submitted manuscript, you should complete an exception form. All authors shall sign the form. You will need to send the original copy of the form (a scanned copy) during the submission and have your request approved before your paper is proceeded by the journal. The available license options from Creative Commons License are outlined below:
Click here to download the Exception Form
The Creative Commons License Options
There are six different license types, listed from most to least permissive here:
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Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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CC BY: This license allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use. CC BY includes the following elements: BY
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Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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CC BY-SA: This license allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use. If you remix, adapt, or build upon the material, you must license the modified material under identical terms. CC BY-SA includes the following elements: BY SA
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Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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CC BY-NC: This license allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. It includes the following elements: BY NC
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Option 4 |
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Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
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CC BY-NC-SA: This license allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. If you remix, adapt, or build upon the material, you must license the modified material under identical terms. CC BY-NC-SA includes the following elements: BY NC SA
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Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0)
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CC BY-ND: This license allows reusers to copy and distribute the material in any medium or format in unadapted form only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use. CC BY-ND includes the following elements: BY ND
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Option 6 |
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
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CC BY-NC-ND: This license allows reusers to copy and distribute the material in any medium or format in unadapted form only, for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. CC BY-NC-ND includes the following elements: BY NC ND
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