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Open Access Policy
Multidisciplinary Journals (MJ) provides immediate open access to all published articles. Readers may access the journal's scholarly content online without subscription charges, registration requirements, or an embargo period. The journal supports the principle that freely accessible research promotes wider dissemination, responsible reuse, and the global exchange of knowledge.
1. Open Access Statement
All research articles and other scholarly content published by Multidisciplinary Journals are freely available from the date of publication. No access fee is charged to readers, libraries, or institutions for reading or downloading published content.
Open access applies to the final published article and its associated bibliographic metadata. Any reuse must comply with the license attached to the article and with applicable laws, ethical requirements, and third-party rights.
2. Reader Rights
Subject to the Creative Commons license and any clearly stated third-party restrictions, readers may:
Read and downloadAccess full-text articles online without charge or registration.
Share and linkCopy, redistribute, and link to the published article with appropriate attribution.
Reuse and adaptReuse, remix, transform, or build upon licensed material under the stated terms.
3. Copyright and Author Rights
Authors retain copyright in their work. Upon publication, authors grant Multidisciplinary Journals the right of first publication and the non-exclusive right to publish, identify, preserve, and disseminate the article as the version of record.
Authors may share and reuse their published work in accordance with the applicable Creative Commons license, provided that the original publication in this journal is properly acknowledged and linked where possible.
4. License and Permitted Reuse
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Unless otherwise stated on an individual article, content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. The license permits sharing and adaptation, including commercial reuse, provided that users comply with the license conditions.
| Condition | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Attribution | Give appropriate credit to the author(s), cite the original publication, provide a link to the license, and indicate whether changes were made. |
| ShareAlike | Distribute adapted material under the same license as the original. |
| No additional restrictions | Do not apply legal terms or technological measures that restrict others from exercising rights permitted by the license. |
5. Third-Party Material and Other Rights
Images, datasets, instruments, or other third-party material included in an article may be subject to different copyright or reuse terms. Material excluded from the article's Creative Commons license should be clearly identified through a credit line or other notice. Permission for reuse beyond an applicable legal exception must be obtained directly from the relevant rights holder.
The Creative Commons license does not override privacy, publicity, moral, confidentiality, data-protection, or other rights that may apply. Users remain responsible for determining whether additional permission is required.
6. Article Processing Charges and Editorial Independence
Open access refers to free access for readers and does not necessarily mean that publication is free of charge. Any Article Processing Charge (APC), waiver, refund, or other author fee must be stated transparently on the journal's official Article Processing Charge page.
Editorial independence
Payment status, eligibility for a waiver, or the amount paid does not influence peer review or editorial decisions. Manuscripts are assessed according to the journal's published standards of relevance, originality, methodological quality, research integrity, and ethical compliance. Payment does not guarantee acceptance or publication.
Payment status, eligibility for a waiver, or the amount paid does not influence peer review or editorial decisions. Manuscripts are assessed according to the journal's published standards of relevance, originality, methodological quality, research integrity, and ethical compliance. Payment does not guarantee acceptance or publication.
7. Benefits of Open Access
- immediate worldwide access to published research;
- greater visibility, discoverability, and potential readership;
- transparent rights for lawful sharing and reuse;
- support for teaching, research, public engagement, and knowledge transfer; and
- retention of copyright by authors under the journal's published licensing terms.
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License reference: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International. Policy version: August 2026.
