1.1 You are welcome to AB Journals (“Africa – British Journals”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). AB Journals its affiliates, subsidiaries and related entities (collectively referred to herein as “AB Journals”, “we”, “our”, “us”) provides this website and the materials located at and under the domain name https://abjournals.org and such other domains as AB Journals operates or may in the future operate (collectively, this “Site”) and any other AB Journals services offered on this Site as described under the service section below (collectively, the “Services” ) to you, the user, subject to compliance with these terms and conditions relating to this Site and the Services (collectively, this “Agreement” ). By accessing and/or using the Site or the Services, you accept and agree to be legally bound by this Agreement, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, and agree to all operating rules, terms, conditions, policies, and procedures that may be published on this Site or in connection with the Services. All such rules, terms, conditions, policies, and procedures are incorporated into this Agreement by this reference. We may change, add or remove portions of this Agreement at any time, and if we do so, we will post such changes on the Site and the changes will become immediately effective, and your continued use of the Site will indicate your acceptance of this Agreement as it is then in effect.
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2. About us
2.1 AB Journals exists to support research and innovation by leveraging an open access model to publish, commission, curate, showcase and promote useful research works. With our open access journal publications covering a wide range of academic disciplines, we are constantly pushing and expanding the boundaries of knowledge as a tool for human advancement. We drive innovation within our open knowledge community by collaborating with universities, research institutions, enterprise, corporate organizations, associations and agencies around the world. Over the years, we have published journals, articles and reports in all major domains, including science, business, medicine, the humanities and technology thereby positioning us as one of the leading advocates for research quality and ethics. Some of what we do include Academic and Scientific Journal Publishing, Publication of Academic Books and Conference Proceedings, Organizing Academic Conferences and Workshops and Promoting International Networks in Science and Research. This terms of use extensively covers these and other services we offer conducted through this platform except stated otherwise.
3. Using This Website
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3.3 All articles published are open-access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Noderivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Therefore, you may reproduce, duplicate, copy, edit, modify and redistribute content that is specifically made available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International License. However, you may not claim ownership or pretend to be the content owner by republishing without adequate citation and credit with links to the original source of the content.
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4. Copyright Infringement
AB Journals respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe any materials accessible on, or from https://abjournals.org, or any of our affiliate websites, including webpages or platforms maintained by us or managed on our behalf (collectively, our “Website”) infringe upon your copyright, you may request removal of those materials from our Website by submitting written notification to us through our Contact Page. Such notification must comply with relevant copyright laws.
5. Limitation of Warranties, Liabilities and Indemnification
5.1 We provide the Services using a commercially reasonable level of skill and care, but neither AB Journals nor its suppliers or licensors make any specific promises about the Services, including the Content or any Submission therein. For example, we don’t make any commitment that the operation of the Services will be uninterrupted or error-free; that any defects will be corrected; that the Services, including the server that makes them available, are free of viruses or other harmful components; or as to the accuracy, completeness, reliability, availability, suitability, quality, non-infringement, operation or result obtained from the use of any Content or Submission provided on, accessible from or distributed through the Services.
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6. Breaches of these Terms and Conditions
Without prejudice to AB Journals’ other rights under these terms and conditions, if you breach these terms and conditions in any way, AB Journals may take such action as AB Journals deems appropriate to deal with the breach.
