Open Access Policy

IJEVS provides immediate and unrestricted online access to its published scholarly articles.

Free and Immediate Access

The International Journal of Education and Vocational Studies (IJEVS) follows an open access publishing model. All published articles are made freely available online without subscription or access fees.

1. Open Access Policy

IJEVS is committed to providing open and unrestricted access to its published scholarly content. Readers can access, read, download, and use published articles without subscription or paywall barriers, subject to the terms of the applicable Creative Commons license.

The journal believes that open access to scholarly research supports the wider dissemination, visibility, and use of academic knowledge by researchers, educators, students, practitioners, policymakers, and other interested readers.

2. Access to Published Articles

3. Copyright and Creative Commons License

Published articles are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0).

4. What the License Allows

Under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, users may reuse published material subject to the conditions of the license.

5. Attribution Requirement

When reusing or adapting an IJEVS article, users should provide appropriate attribution to the original author(s), identify the source, provide a reference to the license, and indicate whether changes were made, as required by the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

6. Author Rights

Authors retain the rights applicable under the journal's copyright and licensing policy. Authors grant the journal the necessary publishing rights to make the article available as part of the journal's scholarly publishing activities under the stated license.

Authors are responsible for ensuring that submitted materials do not infringe the copyright or other intellectual property rights of third parties.

7. Reader and User Rights

Readers may access and use published articles according to the terms and conditions of the applicable Creative Commons license. Users are expected to respect author attribution, licensing requirements, academic integrity, and applicable copyright laws.

8. No Access Charges

IJEVS does not require readers to pay subscription or access fees to read published articles. The journal's open access model is intended to facilitate broad and equitable access to scholarly knowledge.

9. Open Access and Article Processing Charges

IJEVS currently operates without an Article Processing Charge (APC). Authors are not charged for submission, peer review, article processing, or publication under the current journal policy.

License Notice

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Reuse of published material must comply with the terms of the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

Open Access Summary