Spectrum of Mechanical Engineering and Operational Research (SMEOR) respects and protects the intellectual property rights of authors, researchers, institutions, publishers, and other rights holders. Authors retain copyright in their articles published in SMEOR and remain responsible for ensuring that material submitted for publication does not unlawfully infringe the intellectual property rights of others.
Authors retain copyright in their articles published in SMEOR. By publishing an article in the journal, authors grant SMEOR and its Publisher the rights necessary to publish, distribute, preserve, archive, identify, and make the Version of Record permanently available.
Publication in SMEOR does not transfer copyright ownership from the authors to the Editors, Editorial Board, or Publisher.
Detailed conditions governing copyright, licensing, reuse, and permissions are provided in the journal's Copyright and Licensing Policy.
Articles published in SMEOR are made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).
Under this license, published material may be shared, redistributed, adapted, transformed, and built upon for any purpose, including commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and source, a link to the license is provided, and any changes made are indicated.
Authors are responsible for ensuring that their manuscripts do not unlawfully infringe copyright, patent rights, trademark rights, database rights, privacy rights, confidentiality obligations, contractual rights, or other intellectual property or proprietary rights belonging to third parties.
Where copyrighted or otherwise protected material belonging to another rights holder is included in a manuscript, authors must determine whether the intended use is permitted under the applicable license or law. Where permission is required, it must be obtained before publication.
Authors may be required to provide the Editorial Office with documentation demonstrating that the necessary permission, authorization, or license has been obtained.
Third-party material included in an article is not necessarily covered by the article's CC BY 4.0 License. Material subject to separate copyright, licensing, or reuse restrictions should be clearly identified through an appropriate credit line or other notice.
Users wishing to reproduce or reuse third-party material excluded from the article's CC BY 4.0 License are responsible for determining whether permission from the relevant rights holder is required.
Further requirements concerning third-party material, permissions, attribution, and reuse are provided in the journal's Copyright and Licensing Policy.
Unpublished manuscripts, research proposals, reviewer reports, confidential correspondence, data, figures, methods, ideas, or other materials obtained through the editorial or peer-review process must not be used, disclosed, distributed, or appropriated for personal, academic, commercial, competitive, or other purposes without appropriate authorization.
Editors and reviewers must respect the intellectual property and confidentiality of submitted manuscripts and must not use information obtained through privileged access to a submission for their own advantage or for the advantage or disadvantage of another person or organization.
Authors must appropriately acknowledge the intellectual contributions of others and accurately identify the sources of material incorporated into their work. Copyright permission does not remove the scholarly obligation to provide appropriate attribution and citation.
Similarly, citation of a source does not by itself authorize reproduction of copyrighted material where separate permission is legally or contractually required.
Unattributed use of another person's words, ideas, data, results, methods, figures, tables, or other intellectual contributions may constitute plagiarism and will be handled in accordance with the journal's Plagiarism Policy.
SMEOR will consider credible allegations concerning copyright infringement, unauthorized reproduction or adaptation, misuse of confidential or unpublished material, plagiarism, or other potential violations of intellectual property rights.
The journal may request explanations, permissions, source materials, documentation, or other relevant information from the parties concerned and may consult the relevant rights holder, institution, Publisher, or other appropriate body where necessary.
Where an intellectual property concern also constitutes a potential breach of research or publication ethics, it will be assessed in accordance with the journal's Unethical Behaviour policy and other applicable publication ethics procedures.
Where an intellectual property problem is established after publication, SMEOR will determine the appropriate action according to the nature and seriousness of the issue. This may include amendment of attribution or licensing information, publication of a Correction, removal or replacement of particular material where legally and ethically appropriate, an Expression of Concern, Retraction, or another necessary action to protect the rights of the parties concerned and the integrity of the scholarly record.
Formal post-publication actions affecting the scholarly record will be handled in accordance with the journal's Retraction and Correction Policies.
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