- All Afarand journals are clear about the type of copyright used for publication.
- Afarand journals don't retain copyright for any content, including protocols, audio, video, and data sets, but the publishing right is transferred to the publisher. 
- 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 wave 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.