Open Access Policy

  1. Policy Overview

The Journal is an open access journal, which means that all published articles are freely and permanently available online immediately upon publication. Readers may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author, provided proper citation is given.

  1. Licensing

All articles published in the journal are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license unless otherwise specified. This license allows users to:

  • Share, copy, and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
  • Adapt remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.

Authors retain full copyright of their work and grant the journal the right to publish it and identify itself as the original publisher.

  1. Author Fees

The journal does not charge any article processing charges (APCs) or submission fees. Publication in the Journal is free of charge to ensure equity and academic dissemination without financial barriers.

  1. Archiving and Preservation

The journal ensures the long-term preservation of its content through partnerships with digital archiving platforms and repositories (e.g., LOCKSS, CLOCKSS, institutional repositories).

  1. Indexing and Visibility

Being open access enhances visibility and citation potential. Articles published in the journal are indexed in recognized databases and are made available to the global research community without access restrictions.