Repository Policy
The International Journal of Cyber Law (IJCL) permits authors to deposit and make their published articles available through institutional repositories, subject repositories, research repositories, and other lawful scholarly platforms. The Journal does not impose an embargo on the repository deposit of published articles.
A. Repository Deposit
Authors may deposit the published version (Version of Record) of their article in an institutional repository, subject repository, disciplinary repository, research repository, or other lawful scholarly platform.
The published version may be deposited immediately after publication and is not subject to an embargo period.
B. Identification of the Published Article
The deposited article shall retain the complete bibliographic information provided in the published version, including the article title, author name(s), journal title, publication year, volume, issue, page numbers or article number, where applicable, and DOI.
The repository record shall identify the International Journal of Cyber Law (IJCL) as the original publisher.
C. DOI and Link to the Published Version
Authors depositing an article shall retain the DOI assigned to the published article.
Where technically possible, the repository record shall include a direct link to the article’s official page on the IJLP website through its DOI or official OJS publication page.
D. Open Access and License
Articles published by IJCL under its Open Access model may be deposited and made freely accessible through repositories without an embargo.
IJCL articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. Repository copies shall retain the applicable copyright and licensing information accompanying the published article.
E. Repository Metadata
Authors shall ensure, where reasonably possible, that the bibliographic metadata associated with a deposited article accurately corresponds to the published version.
The title, author names, institutional affiliations, journal title, publication details, DOI, and other bibliographic information shall not be altered in a manner that misrepresents the published article.
F. Third-Party Material
Where the published article contains material subject to separate third-party copyright or licensing conditions, authors shall ensure that the material may lawfully be made available through the selected repository.
G. Compliance with Journal Policies
Repository deposit shall be undertaken in accordance with the Journal’s Open Access Policy and Copyright Policy, together with any applicable legal requirements.
This Repository Policy applies specifically to the deposit and dissemination of the published version of articles and does not govern the Journal's digital preservation or long-term archiving arrangements, which are addressed separately in the Journal’s Archiving Policy.
Where a published article is subsequently corrected or retracted in accordance with the Journal’s Plagiarism Policy, the corresponding author shall take reasonable steps to ensure that any deposited repository copy reflects the correction or retraction notice, including by updating the deposited record or providing a link to the notice on the Journal's website.
For the avoidance of doubt, this Policy also permits deposit on academic networking platforms such as ResearchGate and Academia.edu, subject to the terms of this Policy and the CC BY 4.0 license; however, authors should note that such platforms are not repositories in the technical sense and do not guarantee long-term preservation, which remains governed by the Journal’s Archiving Policy.
Approved by: Editorial Board, International Journal of Cyber Law
Effective from: 15 August 2026
