Copyright Policy

Annals of Punjab Medical College follows the Attribution Creative Commons-Noncommercial (CC BY-NC) license, allowing users to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format, remix, transform and build upon the material. The users must credit the source and indicate, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. However, the CC BY-NC license restricts the use of material for commercial purposes. For further details about the license, please check the Creative Commons website. The CC-BY-NC license allows authors to retain copyright and they can use it without any restriction. 

The editorial board of the Journal strives hard for the authenticity and accuracy of the material published in the Journal. However, findings and statements are views of the authors and do not necessarily represent views of the Editorial Board. Many software like (Google Maps, Google Earth, Biorender (free version) restricts the free distribution of materials prepared using these softwares. Therefore, authors are strongly advised to check the license/copyright information of the software used to prepare maps/images. In case of publication of copyright material, the correction will be published in one of the subsequent issues of the Journal, and the authors will bear the printing cost.