Licensing & Publication Policy
Licensing
UCP Journal of Science and Technology, owned by the University of Central Punjab, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0).
Contents & Publication Policy
All articles published in the UCP Journal of Science and Technology (UCP-JST) are open access and freely available for anyone to read, download, copy, distribute, and share. The journal operates under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Authors retain copyright of their work and grant the journal and publisher the right of first publication, along with the right to publish, distribute, and archive the article in all forms and media.
This policy ensures that:
- Authors retain ownership of their intellectual work.
- Readers and researchers are free to share and build upon the work under the CC BY license.
- The journal complies with open-access best practices recommended by organizations such as Directory of Open Access Journals and Committee on Publication Ethics.
UCP Journal of Science and Technology does not charge any publication or article processing charges. The journal is published and owned by the University of Central Punjab, and all the cost is managed by the University of Central Punjab.
