Copyright Policy

The UKM Press publishes the printed edition of SINERGI, which is subject to copyright laws. Authors need to ensure that their manuscripts do not violate any copyright laws. Authors must review their work for any possible breaches of copyright law, such as using quotations, artwork, or tables extracted from other publications or freely available sources on the internet, and obtain the necessary permissions before submitting their work to SINERGI.

 

Post Publication

The publisher, UKM Press, holds the copyright to all articles published in SINERGI. Once an article has been accepted for publication, the author(s) must submit the SINERGI Copyright Permission form to the Chief Executive Editor. SINERGI authors must seek permission from the publisher before publishing their article or any part elsewhere, such as a book chapter or translation.

A printed subscription and postal order of each SINERGI volume are subject to future editorial decisions. Due to production costs and environmental concerns, we no longer distribute hardcopy printed versions of the journal for free.

The UKM Press is responsible for both the online and printed versions of SINERGI on behalf of the Research Center of Research in History, Politics & International Affairs (SPHEA), Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FSSH), The National University of Malaysia/Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), and Malaysian Armed Forces and Defence College (MAFDC). The editors will ensure the journal content is digitally preserved and accessible through the online Journal Depository (Archive). If you republish any work initially published in SINERGI, kindly provide an acknowledgement (appropriate citation means) to accompany it.

 

Disclaimer

Although SPHEA, FSSH UKM and MAFDC MINDEF are the co-publishers of SINERGI: Journal of Strategic Studies & International Affairs, the views expressed in the journal are solely those of the contributors and do not represent the official stance of UKM and MAFDC. UKM and MAFDC are not accountable for the accuracy of any published article. The publisher and co-publishers, as well as the editors, disclaim any responsibility for any injury or damage to persons or property, whether resulting from negligence or otherwise, arising from any actual or alleged defamatory statements, infringement of intellectual property or privacy rights, or product liability, or from any use or operation of any ideas, instructions, procedures, products, or methods contained in the material published in the journal.