Licensing

Copyright and Licensing Policy: All articles are published under the copyright policy is CC BY 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International); authors retain copyright and may self-archive the accepted or published version immediately. They retain full publishing rights without restrictions.  By fostering open, inclusive knowledge exchange, IJDSCR strives to bridge research, policy and practice, supporting vulnerable communities in a rapidly changing climate. The journal is granted the right of first publication.

Copyright and Licensing Policy

Authors retain copyright in articles published by the International Journal of Disaster Studies and Climate Resilience (IJDSCR) and grant the journal the right of first publication.

Current licence

Effective from 29 April 2026, beginning with https://doi.org/10.64866/j.ijdscr.2026.10028 all newly published IJDSCR articles are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0).

Under this licence, users may read, download, copy, distribute, adapt and reuse the published material for any lawful purpose, including commercial use, provided that appropriate credit is given to the author or authors and to IJDSCR, a link to the licence is supplied, and any changes are indicated.

Licence information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Licence applying to earlier articles

Articles published before 29 April 2026, up to and including DOI 10.64866/j.ijdscr.2026.10027, were originally published under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-SA 4.0). Those articles remain governed by that licence, and the licence has not been retrospectively changed.

CC BY-SA 4.0 permits users to share and adapt the material for any lawful purpose, including commercial use, provided that appropriate attribution is given and any adapted material is distributed under the same or a compatible licence.

Licence information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

The licence applicable to each article is stated on its individual article page and in its published PDF. Where an article has been corrected or updated, the original Creative Commons licence continues to apply unless an additional licence has been expressly granted by the copyright holder.