Copyright And License

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Copyright & Licensing

Framework for intellectual property rights, sharing, and reuse of published forensic accounting research.

Copyright Policy

Advanced Forensic Accounting Innovation (ADFAN) advocates for the rights of authors and the broad dissemination of forensic accounting research. Unlike many traditional journals, ADFAN does not require authors to transfer their copyright to the journal. As a Diamond Open Access publication, all content is freely available without subscription or payment barriers.

Authors Retain Full Copyright

Authors who publish with ADFAN retain the full copyright to their work. They grant ADFAN a non-exclusive license to publish the article and identify itself as the original publisher. This model ensures that authors maintain complete control over their intellectual property — including forensic methodologies, analytical frameworks, and original data — while allowing the journal to disseminate the work globally without restriction.

Creative Commons License

All articles published in ADFAN are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This license is particularly suited for forensic accounting research as it ensures proper attribution while allowing adaptation for investigative, educational, and regulatory purposes. The license allows others to:

✔ You are free to:

Share: Copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format, including for forensic training and professional development.
Adapt: Remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, including commercial forensic applications and investigative practice.

⚠ Under the following terms:

Attribution: You must give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and ADFAN, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.
ShareAlike: If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 license as the original.

Rights and Responsibilities

Author Rights

Authors retain the following rights:

Full copyright ownership of the published work.
To reproduce and distribute the article in any medium (e.g., institutional repositories, personal websites, professional portfolios).
To present the work at conferences, seminars, and professional training sessions.
To reuse portions of the article in future works (e.g., dissertations, books, forensic manuals).
To grant further licenses to third parties, provided the original ADFAN publication is properly cited.
To apply the forensic methodologies described in the article in professional practice without restriction.

Journal Rights

ADFAN holds the following rights:

The right of first publication (online and electronic).
To index the article in international databases and repositories (e.g., Crossref, Google Scholar, Dimensions, DOAJ).
To assign a permanent Digital Object Identifier (DOI) via Crossref (Prefix: 10.69726).
To migrate content to future formats for long-term digital preservation (e.g., PKP Preservation Network, LOCKSS).
To enforce the CC BY-SA 4.0 license on behalf of the author in case of misuse or misattribution.

Self-Archiving Policy

ADFAN fully supports Green Open Access and self-archiving policies. Authors are encouraged to deposit their work in institutional repositories, subject repositories (e.g., SSRN, ResearchGate), and personal websites to maximize the visibility and impact of their forensic accounting research. No embargo periods apply.

Version	Description	Permission	Embargo
Pre-print	Version before peer review (Author's Original Manuscript).	Allowed	None
Post-print	Version after peer review (Accepted Manuscript).	Allowed	None
Published Version	Final PDF as published in ADFAN (Version of Record).	Allowed	None

*When archiving any version, authors should provide a link to the original publication on the ADFAN website using the permanent DOI (e.g., https://doi.org/10.69726/xxxxx).

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Institution: PT. Inovasi Analisis Data

Address: Jl. Mulawarman Selatan Raya I, Jabungan, Banyumanik, Semarang 50266, Indonesia

Email: editor@analysisdata.co.id