Licensing & Copyrights

Licensing & Copyright Terms

The Journal for Nursing Innovation® maintains rigorous licensing and copyright policies designed to protect authors’ intellectual property while advancing open-access dissemination of nursing scholarship. Published works remain the intellectual property of their authors and are distributed under defined licensing terms that support responsible sharing, citation, and reuse. These standards ensure academic integrity, author recognition, and broad global access to innovative nursing research, education, and clinical practice advancements.

All content published in the Journal for Nursing Innovation® is made available through an open-access publishing model to promote broad dissemination, visibility, and impact of nursing scholarship.

Copyright:

Authors retain full copyright of their original work published in the Journal for Nursing Innovation®. By submitting and publishing their work, authors grant the Journal for Nursing Innovation® and its publisher, the Foundation for Nursing Innovation, a non-exclusive, perpetual license to publish, reproduce, distribute, display, and archive the work in all formats and media.

Creative Commons License:

This license permits users to:

Access, read, download, and share published works Use content for educational and scholarly purposes Redistribute the work in its original, unmodified form

Under the following conditions:

Attribution — Proper credit must be given to the author(s) and the Journal for Nursing Innovation®
NonCommercial — The work may not be used for commercial purposes
NoDerivatives — The work may not be altered, transformed, or built upon

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Permitted Use:

Readers may read, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text of articles without requesting prior permission, provided the work is properly cited, not modified, and not used for commercial purposes.

Third-Party Content:

Authors are responsible for securing permissions for any third-party material included in their submissions. Such material must be clearly identified and is not covered under the journal’s Creative Commons license unless explicitly stated.

Archiving and Indexing:

The Journal for Nursing Innovation® reserves the right to deposit and archive published content in indexing databases, repositories, and digital preservation systems to ensure long-term access and discoverability.