Rights and Permissions

Journal of Medicine and Allied Health is licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International. Article-specific Rights link information can be accessed directly from articles on the journal website.

Readers are free to "Adapt—remix, transform, and build upon the material" and "Share—copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format." The material's original source must be properly credited, and readers must state if any changes have been made. The content cannot be used for profit by readers. Legalese or technical safeguards that forbid anyone from doing anything that the license authorizes may not be used by the readers.

For questions about the Rights link service, email Customer Care or call +92 316 3638211

Frequently Asked Questions

Why do I need to request permissions?

Anyone who wants to legally sell, publish, or distribute someone else's copyrighted work must first have that person's consent. Even if you are merely taking snippets or samples from the work, this regulation still applies. It is the duty of every employee to make sure that you respect other people's rights and only utilize their work when it is appropriate. Reusing an abstract or a section of text, or publishing any previously published picture or table, requires permission. To publish an adaptation of a previously published figure or table, permission is also required.

How do I find out whether figures/tables have been previously published?

Permission should be requested before republishing a manuscript if a figure or table legend states: "Reproduced from...," "Adapted from...," "Modified from...," or simply contains a reference number from the reference list.

1. Check the references to obtain the exact citation
2. Contact the author of the new work if necessary to ask for more specific information
3. Alternatively ascertain this by finding the original work on the internet

What if the figure says 'Data from...'?

If the figure or table represents a new work utilizing data from an earlier publication, permission may not be required. Even so, you should make sure that the published work properly credits the original data source or sources.

What information do I need in order to request permission?

• The citation of the article the figure/table/text was originally published in
• Preferably the original figure/table number
• Whether a figure/table has been adapted from the original
• The citation of the article/project that the figure/table will be re-published in
• The number of copies to be published
• Whether this will be translated or in the original language

For permissions for new journal publications (e.g. supplements or new articles for submission to JOMAH) you should also consider:

• The number of copies to be published should include the journal readership/circulation as well as any additional copies.
• The permission should include electronic rights so we can publish online
• The permission should not be one-off only as this would exclude reprints
• Ideally it should not specify only English-Language rights so we can do translation

How do I know who holds the copyright?

When an article is submitted for publication, most publishers require the author to transfer the copyright to the journal as part of the regular acceptance process. This indicates that the copyright for the figure or table you want to reuse will often be held by the original article's publisher. The publisher will be able to inform you whether the author retains copyright for the work in certain circumstances (particularly for books). When it comes to content that has been posted online, getting in touch with the website owner is often the best place to start.

How do I request permission?

A lot of publishers now manage their authorization procedures using services like right link. This comprises Wiley Blackwell, Elsevier, Adis, LWW (Wolters Kluwer), and Springer, among others. Some publishers still have an internal permissions department, whose contact information is often available on their website.

What if the author of my new article is the author of the original article, I want to use figures/tables from?

Indicate in your request whether any of the writers of the new piece were also involved in the original article, since this would probably result in a far more affordable or free permission. Even better, if at all feasible, ask children to ask for permission on their own.

In case you are contacting the publisher for an author permission other than via the rights link, it might be beneficial to check whether there is a 'author permissions' section on their website to determine if seeking permission is necessary or not.

In rights link, when it asks who is requesting the permission, can I use 'publisher' for all my requests?

No, since you will most likely be asking for permission on behalf of the for-profit commercial entity that want to exploit the content. You may validly claim that the request is on behalf of the publisher only if you are republishing the content in a new publication with an ISSN or ISBN; in these situations, you are probably requesting permission on behalf of the new publication's author.

For more information, please contact:

• Pakistan: editor@jomah.org
• Rest of World: editoric@jomah.org