In accordance with academic and professional protocols, GMJSD cannot accept an article if it is not the author’s original work, has been published before or is currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. The article must not contain any libellous or unlawful statements or in any way infringe the rights of others. The author must be the owner of the copyright and be entitled to sign the Author Copyright Agreement, if applicable. In submitting an article, the author complies with these conditions.

Copyright assignment does not apply to articles designated by authors as Open Access. Authors of Open Access articles are not required to sign the Author Copyright Agreement.

All our journals allow the author of an Open Access (OA) article to retain the copyright in their article. Authors of OA articles retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the article simultaneously made available on repositories under a Creative Commons licence to allow others to freely access and use the OA article without any period of embargo.