Open Access Policy

The Journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. The Journal is an “open access” journal which gives online access, free of charge and other access barriers.

The Journal supports the Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing which defines an open access journal as one which grants a "free, irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual right of access to, and a license to copy, use, distribute, transmit, and display the work publicly and to make and distribute derivative works, in any digital medium for any responsible purpose, subject to proper attribution of authorship" and from which every article is "deposited immediately upon initial publication in at least one online repository".

As an open access publication model, The Journal enables a free of cost dissemination of refereed research to the global community. The Journal is committed to achieving the highest quality of scientific research to drive progress in academic research with innovation. The Journal partially levies article-publishing charges to cover the cost of the publication. Authors publishing with The Journal retain the copyright to their work allowing the articles to be re-used and re-distributed without restriction, as long as the original work is correctly cited. The Journal supports the Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing. The Journal has been helping students, scholars, researchers, professionals, scientific societies, and academic institutions to achieve their goals in an ever-changing world. By partnering with learned institutions and societies, The Journal support researchers to communicate discoveries that make a difference.