Copyright and Licensing

In order to publish material, we obtain from the original author (s) the right to publish it in all formats. We require the author(s) to accept a ‘licence to publish’ for all articles published in our Journal. This licence is generally requested after their paper is accepted for publication. By signing this licence, the author (who is either the copyright owner or who is authorised to sign on behalf of the copyright owner) grants to the Population Geography journal the exclusive right and licence to edit, adapt, translate, reproduce and publish the manuscript in all formats and by all means. 

The Journal thus acquires an exclusive licence to publish and all practical rights to the manuscript, except the copyright. The copyright of the manuscript remains with the copyright owner. The copyright owner also retains certain rights regarding the sharing and deposition of their article and the re-use of the published material. 

In the licence to publish, the author provides the assurances that we need to publish the material, including assurances that the work is original to the author, that the work has not been published already and that permissions have been obtained if previously published material has been included. 

Suppose the manuscript includes material that belongs to someone else (for example, a figure or diagram). In that case, we require the author to obtain all permissions that may be needed from third parties. 

When the author accepts the exclusive licence to publish a journal article, he/she retains certain rights that may be exercised without reference to the Population Geography journal. 

Photocopy the article and distribute such photocopies and distribute copies of the PDF of the article for personal or professional use only. Any such copies should not be offered for sale. Persons who receive or access the PDF mentioned above must be notified that this may not be made available further or distributed. 

Adapt the article and reproduce adaptations of the article for any purpose other than the commercial exploitation of a work similar to the original. 

Reproduce, perform, transmit and otherwise communicate the article to the public in spoken presentations (including those that are accompanied by visual material such as slides, overheads and computer projections). 

The author(s) must submit a written request to the Population Geography journal for any use other than those specified above. All cases of republication/reproduction must be accompanied by an acknowledgement first publication of the work by the Population Geography. 

Archiving: For archiving the print copies of the Journal, Population Geography, a small one-room library has been set up in the Department of Geography, Panjab University, Chandigarh (India) – 160014. The print copies of the various volumes of the Journal started from 1979 have been stacked in steel Almirahs and cupboards. The digital copies of these journals have been stored on the computer as an ongoing process. There is a big table where our undergraduate and postgraduate students sit to read copies of the Journal useful for their purpose.