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• Authors retain ownership of their copyright and other applicable rights.
• Authors may share and distribute their published work.
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• Users may copy, redistribute, and adapt the work, provided that the original author and source are properly credited and derivative works are distributed under the same license.

Cognitia does not impose restrictions on self-archiving. Authors are encouraged to deposit their published articles in institutional repositories, personal websites, and other appropriate open-access archives.

Licensing Policy

All published content in Cognitia: International Engineering Journal is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license.

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• Share — Copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
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Author's Rights

Authors publishing in Cognitia: International Engineering Journal retain the following rights:

• The right to retain copyright and other proprietary rights, including applicable patent rights.
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This policy supports the principles of open scholarly communication, transparency, accessibility, and the broad dissemination of engineering knowledge.

Authorship and Co-Authorship

For manuscripts prepared by multiple authors, the submitting or corresponding author confirms that all co-authors have authorized the submission and agree to the copyright and licensing terms. The corresponding author is responsible for communicating this policy to all co-authors. Cognitia: International Engineering Journal is not responsible for disputes among authors and will conduct official correspondence primarily with the designated corresponding author.

Royalties

As an open-access journal that makes its published articles freely available under the applicable Creative Commons license, Cognitia: International Engineering Journal does not provide royalties or other forms of financial compensation to authors for published articles.