Copyright Publishing Notice

Copyright Notice

This notice defines the formal copyright, licensing, and reuse terms for all scholarly content published in Pak Advances in Engineering Research (PAER) , ensuring legal transparency and full compliance with international open-access best practices.

1. Copyright Ownership
Authors retain the copyright of their original research and scholarly contributions . By submitting to and publishing with PAER, authors grant the journal a non-exclusive, irrevocable license to publish, reproduce, distribute, and archive the definitive version of the work in all formats and media under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .

2. Open Access Licensing
To maximize the dissemination and application of engineering research, each article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) : https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. This license grants any user the worldwide, royalty-free right to:

  • Share – copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.

  • Adapt – remix, transform, translate, and build upon the material for any purpose, including commercial and educational uses.

These permissions are granted subject to one condition: proper attribution. Users must:

  • Credit the author(s) and cite Pak Advances in Engineering Research (PAER) as the original source of publication.

  • Provide a hyperlink to the CC BY 4.0 license.

  • Clearly indicate if the original work has been modified.

3. Rights and Responsibilities

  • Author Rights and Self-Archiving: Authors are expressly permitted and encouraged to deposit the final published PDF (version of record) in institutional repositories, subject repositories, preprint servers, personal websites, and academic social networks including ResearchGate (https://www.researchgate.net/) and Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com/). Authors may reuse their own figures, tables, datasets, and text in future publications, grant applications, patents, presentations, or teaching materials without obtaining further permission, provided the original PAER publication is appropriately cited.

  • Third-Party Content: Authors are solely responsible for obtaining permission to publish any material included with the submission, such as photos, documents, and datasets . This includes obtaining written permission from the copyright holder for any third-party material (e.g., engineering diagrams, photographs, graphs, extended quotations, proprietary datasets) included in their manuscript. Proof of permission must be provided to the editorial office upon request.

  • Publisher Archiving and Preservation: PAER ensures the long-term preservation and perpetual accessibility of all published content through participation in trusted digital preservation networks . These include:

These systems create distributed archives among participating libraries worldwide, guaranteeing that all content remains permanently available to the engineering community even in the event the journal ceases publication. PAER partners with recognized digital preservation services to ensure content remains secure, discoverable, and retrievable despite technological advancements .

4. Retention of Published Content
Once published, articles in PAER are part of the academic record and will not be removed, except in cases of verified ethical violations (e.g., plagiarism, data falsification). If an article requires retraction due to ethical issues, a retraction notice will be issued, and the article will remain available with an explanation of the retraction .

If significant errors are found in a published article, such as factual inaccuracies, misinterpretations, or breaches of ethical standards, the authors must work with the editorial team to correct these errors. The journal will publish a correction notice or updated version, and these updates will be appended to the archived version, with a clear indication of changes made .

5. Ethical Standards and Scholarly Integrity

Authors must confirm that their submission is original, has not been previously published, and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere . Manuscripts must be free from plagiarism, data fabrication, or any other unethical practices . PAER adheres to the principles, policies, and flowcharts of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) : https://publicationethics.org. Any allegations of plagiarism, copyright infringement, data fabrication, image manipulation, ethical approval violations, or other misconduct will be investigated promptly and thoroughly in accordance with COPE guidelines .

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