Announcement 2026
The Editorial Office of Government & Resilience is pleased to announce an update to the journal's copyright and licensing policy.
Effective from Volume 4, Issue 1 (April 2026) and all subsequent issues, all articles published in Government & Resilience will be distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) licence.
Under this policy, authors retain the copyright to their published work while granting Government & Resilience the non-exclusive right to publish, archive, index, disseminate, and identify itself as the original publisher of the article.
The CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence permits readers and other users to read, download, copy, distribute, share, and adapt published articles for non-commercial purposes, provided that appropriate attribution is given to the original author(s) and the journal, a link to the licence is included, any modifications are clearly indicated, and any derivative works are distributed under the same licence.
This change reflects the journal's continued commitment to promoting open access publishing, increasing the visibility and accessibility of scholarly research, and supporting the responsible dissemination and reuse of scientific knowledge in accordance with internationally recognized publishing standards.
This licensing policy applies exclusively to articles published in Volume 4, Issue 1 (April 2026) and all subsequent issues. Articles published in earlier volumes remain subject to the copyright and licensing terms that were in effect at the time of their publication.
We thank our authors, reviewers, editors, and readers for their continued support of Government & Resilience and our mission to advance high-quality, accessible, and impactful scholarly communication.
Sincerely,
Editorial Teams
