Copyright Holder

Copyright for all published articles is held by Utkarsh Journal of Health Sciences and Environment (UJHSE), published by Utkarsh Research Network. Upon acceptance and publication, copyright ownership of the article transfers to the journal.

License

All articles published in UJHSE are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).

What This Means

Under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license:

• You are free to Share: Copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.

Under the following terms:

• Attribution: You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.
• NonCommercial: You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
• NoDerivatives: If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.

Author Rights

Authors retain the right to:

• Use their published work for non-commercial academic purposes
• Include the work in teaching materials and presentations
• Include the work in a thesis or dissertation
• Share preprints and accepted manuscripts
• Post on personal or institutional websites with proper attribution to UJHSE

Self-Archiving Policy

Version	Permitted?	Conditions
Preprint (before peer review)	Yes	May be posted at any time, on any platform
Accepted Manuscript (post-print)	Yes	Immediately upon acceptance, with acknowledgment of UJHSE as the journal of publication
Published Version (version of record)	Share DOI link	Share the DOI link freely; do not redistribute the published PDF without permission from the journal

Third-Party Content

Authors are responsible for obtaining all necessary permissions for any third-party content (including figures, tables, images, and data) included in their manuscripts. Such permissions must be secured prior to submission and documented upon request.

Copyright Transfer Agreement

Authors are required to sign a Copyright Transfer Agreement (CTA) upon acceptance of their manuscript. The CTA formally transfers copyright to UJHSE while preserving the author rights described above. The signed agreement must be submitted before the article can proceed to publication.

DOAJ & SHERPA/RoMEO Compliance

UJHSE's copyright and licensing policies are designed to be fully compliant with the requirements of the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and are registered in SHERPA/RoMEO for easy reference by authors and institutions.

• License type is clearly stated on every published article
• License terms are machine-readable (embedded in article metadata via Crossref)
• The full text of the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license is linked from every article page
• Self-archiving permissions are clearly documented (see table above)

Copyright Infringement

If any party believes that content published in UJHSE infringes upon their copyright, they should contact the editorial office at editor@utkarshresearchnetwork.in with full details. UJHSE will investigate all claims promptly in accordance with COPE guidelines and take appropriate action, which may include removal or correction of the infringing content.