Licensing & Copyright Policy

The Journal of Islamic Banking, Economics and Policy (JIBEP) is committed to promoting open access and ensuring that scholarly research is freely accessible to the global academic and professional community. As part of this mission, all articles published in JIBEP are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

This open licensing model facilitates broad dissemination, legal reuse, and maximum visibility of research outputs β€” supporting global knowledge exchange, academic freedom, and the advancement of ethically responsible and sustainability-aligned research.


πŸ“– Copyright Ownership

Authors retain full copyright over their work published in JIBEP. Upon acceptance, authors grant the journal a non-exclusive license to publish, archive, and distribute the article in both print and digital formats.

By retaining copyright, authors are free to:

  • Share and distribute their work on any platform

  • Reuse their content in books, presentations, and future research

  • Deposit the article in institutional repositories or personal websites

JIBEP does not require copyright transfer. Instead, it empowers authors through an author-centered open-access model that respects intellectual property, promotes accessibility, and encourages wide dissemination of scholarly knowledge.


πŸ”“ Licensing Terms – CC BY 4.0

All published content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). This license permits anyone to:

  • Copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format

  • Remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose β€” including commercial use

As long as the following conditions are met:

  • Proper credit is given to the original author(s)

  • A link to the license is provided

  • Any modifications or adaptations are clearly indicated

Users may not imply endorsement by the author(s) or by JIBEP without explicit written permission.

πŸ“Ž Read the full license terms here


πŸ” Third-Party Material

Authors are responsible for obtaining written permission to reuse any third-party materials included in their submissions (e.g., figures, tables, or copyrighted excerpts). These permissions must be documented and cited clearly within the manuscript.

If any third-party content is not covered by the CC BY 4.0 license, this must be explicitly indicated in the caption or footnote of the respective material.


πŸ“Œ License Declaration

All published articles will include the following license statement at the bottom of the full-text version (PDF and online):

β€œThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).”