Open Access Policy
International Journal of Dental Implants & Research (IJDIR) is a fully open-access journal. All articles published in IJDIR are immediately and permanently free to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link without prior permission from the publisher or author.
IJDIR is committed to the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) and the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities. Open access enables the widest possible dissemination of dental research, accelerating scientific progress for the benefit of patients and practitioners worldwide.
✅ No Barriers to Access
There are no subscription fees, registration requirements, or paywalls. All content is freely accessible to anyone with an internet connection — researchers, clinicians, students, and members of the public alike.
Creative Commons Licensing (CC BY 4.0)
Unless otherwise stated, all articles published in IJDIR are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).
Under this license, anyone is free to:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially
Under the following terms:
- Attribution — Appropriate credit must be given, a link to the license provided, and any changes indicated. This may be done in any reasonable manner, but not in a way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
📋 Full License Text
The full text of the CC BY 4.0 license is available at: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Copyright
Authors who publish in IJDIR retain copyright of their work. Upon submission, authors grant IJDIR a non-exclusive licence to publish the article. The copyright statement on all published articles reads:
© Author(s) [Year].
This work is published by IJDIR and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). You are free to share and adapt the material provided appropriate credit is given.
IJDIR does not require authors to transfer copyright. Authors may freely deposit their published articles in institutional or subject repositories, personal websites, and other open-access archives.
Author Rights
As an author publishing in IJDIR, you retain the right to:
- Use the article in full or in part in future works of your own authorship (e.g., theses, book chapters, reviews)
- Post the final published PDF on your personal or institutional website and repository
- Make copies for personal or classroom use
- Present the work at conferences and distribute copies to attendees
- Share the article on academic social networks (ResearchGate, Academia.edu, etc.)
Permitted Reuse by Third Parties
Third parties wishing to reuse content from IJDIR may do so freely under the CC BY 4.0 license, provided that:
- The original source (journal, volume, issue, DOI) is cited
- The authors are credited
- Any adaptations are clearly indicated
- No false attribution is implied
For uses that fall outside the CC BY 4.0 terms, please contact the editorial office at [email protected].
Last reviewed and updated: January 2025. This policy is subject to periodic review by the Editorial Board of IJDIR.