Copyright and Licensing Policy

Copyright

Authors publishing with the Journal of Pak International Medical College (JPIMC) retain copyright of their work.
Authors grant JPIMC the right of first publication and permission to disseminate the work under the selected license.
Authors may deposit their published articles in institutional repositories, research networks, or personal websites, provided that proper citation and a link to the original publication in JPIMC are included.

All articles in JPIMC are published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).
This license allows others to:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material.

Conditions:

Attribution — Proper credit must be given to the original author(s) and the source.
Non-Commercial — The material may not be used for commercial purposes.
No Additional Restrictions — Authors cannot apply legal or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

Authors are free to:

Reuse published content in theses, dissertations, or future publications (with proper citation).
Present their work at conferences or seminars.
Deposit preprints, postprints, or published versions in open-access repositories.

JPIMC reserves the right to edit, reproduce, and distribute articles in print and electronic formats.
The journal may archive content with digital repositories and indexing services to ensure long-term preservation.

Commercial use of JPIMC content is not permitted without prior written permission from the author(s) and the journal.
Requests for commercial reuse should be directed to the editorial office.