Open Access Policy

Open Access

KODISA Journals are committed to providing free and immediate access to published scholarly articles. Open Access allows readers to read, download, copy, distribute, and use published articles in accordance with the terms of the applicable Creative Commons license.

KODISA Foundation believes that open access supports the wider dissemination of scholarly knowledge, promotes academic exchange, and enables researchers, educators, students, institutions, and the public to access research outputs without subscription barriers.

KODISA Open Access Approach

KODISA Journals apply the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) to published articles, unless otherwise stated by the relevant journal.

Under this license, articles are freely available online immediately upon publication. Users may copy, distribute, display, download, and reuse the articles for non-commercial purposes, provided that the original authors and source are properly cited and the license terms are clearly indicated.

Commercial use of published articles is not permitted under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license without appropriate permission.

Copyright

Authors retain the copyright of their articles published in KODISA Journals, unless otherwise stated in the relevant journal’s copyright policy or publishing agreement.

By submitting a manuscript to a KODISA journal, authors agree that, upon acceptance for publication, KODISA Foundation and the relevant KODISA journal may publish, reproduce, distribute, archive, index, and provide public access to the article, including PDF, XML/HTML, DOI registration, indexing services, and other scholarly database services, in accordance with the journal’s copyright and open access policy.

License

KODISA Journals apply the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) to published articles, unless otherwise stated.

Under this license:

1. Articles may be read, downloaded, copied, distributed, printed, searched, linked to, and reused for non-commercial purposes.

2. The original authors, article title, journal title, publisher, and source must be properly cited.

3. The license terms must be clearly indicated when the article is reused or redistributed.

4. The article may not be used for commercial purposes without appropriate permission.

5. No additional permission is required from the authors or publisher for non-commercial reuse that complies with the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

Appropriate attribution may be provided by citing the original article in the required citation format of the relevant journal.

Benefits of Open Access

Open access provides several academic and social benefits:

1. It increases the visibility and accessibility of published research.

2. It enables researchers to read and build upon previous findings without subscription barriers.

3. It supports education by allowing teachers and students to access current research.

4. It helps publicly funded research reach a wider audience.

5. It promotes scholarly communication and international research collaboration.

Additional Open Access Resources

KODISA Journals recognize the importance of international open access initiatives and resources, including Creative Commons, SPARC, the Open Society Foundations, the Public Library of Science (PLOS), and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).

These organizations have contributed to the development and promotion of open access principles, licensing practices, and wider public access to scholarly research.