- All Afarand journals are clear about the type of copyright used for publication.
- Afarand journals do not hold the copyright of published content. Authors retain the copyright of their work, including protocols, audio, video and data sets, and grant the journal the right of first publication.
- Creative Commons public licenses provide a standard set of terms and conditions that creators and other rights holders may use to share original works of authorship and other material subject to copyright and certain other rights specified in the public licenses. All Afarand journals are published under the Creative Common Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Public License.
- In some Afarand journals, articles' copyright status can range from some content, such as articles authored by government officials (while doing their duties), to not being copyrighted. Other agreements may cover some content, and editors may waive copyright on other content.
- Terms of copyright for published content are stated on the journal website and in the content.
- The copyright of the journal website is distinct and is stated clearly.
- The copyright holder's name is mentioned in all published articles.