The Iranian Electric Industry Journal of Quality and Productivity (IEIJQP) supports open access publishing and respects the copyright and intellectual rights of authors.
Copyright
Authors retain the copyright of their published articles.
By submitting a manuscript to IEIJQP, authors agree to grant the journal the necessary rights to publish, reproduce, distribute, and make the article publicly available as part of the journal's scholarly record.
The retention of copyright by authors does not restrict the journal from publishing and disseminating the article under the applicable open access license.
Creative Commons License
All articles published by IEIJQP are published under the:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).
Under the CC BY 4.0 license, users are permitted to:
•    share the published work;
•    copy and redistribute the material;
•    download and print the article;
•    reproduce the article;
•    adapt or build upon the material; and
•    reuse the material for lawful purposes, including commercial purposes,
provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and source, a link to the license is provided, and any changes are indicated.
The full terms of the CC BY 4.0 license are available at:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Attribution
Any reuse of an article published by IEIJQP should appropriately identify:
•    the name(s) of the author(s);
•    the title of the article;
•    the journal name;
•    the relevant publication information; and
•    the applicable Creative Commons license.
Third-Party Material
Authors are responsible for identifying and obtaining permission for any third-party material included in their manuscripts when such permission is required.
Third-party material may be subject to copyright or licensing terms different from those applying to the article as a whole.
Author Responsibilities
By submitting a manuscript, authors confirm that:
•    the submitted work is original;
•    they have the necessary rights to submit the manuscript;
•    the manuscript does not knowingly infringe the rights of third parties;
•    appropriate acknowledgement is provided for material derived from other sources; and
•    necessary permissions have been obtained for copyrighted third-party material.
Open Access and Copyright
The copyright terms of IEIJQP are intended to be consistent with the journal's open access policy and Creative Commons licensing terms.
The journal does not apply an "All Rights Reserved" restriction to articles published under the CC BY license.
Any future changes to the journal's copyright or licensing policy will be clearly announced on the journal website.