Open Access Policy

International Journal of Open Science

The International Journal of Open Science is a diamond open access publication, grounded in the principle that free availability of scientific knowledge fosters global exchange of ideas, innovation, and the development of research across all disciplines.

Licensing and Copyright

All content in the journal is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

This license allows readers to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles without restriction, and to reuse them provided the original source is cited.

Authors retain full copyright and publishing rights over their articles without restrictions.

Open Access Principles and Transparency

The journal follows the guidelines of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) and adheres to the transparency principles of COPE, DOAJ, OASPA, and WAME.

Aligned with the FAIR Principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable), the journal encourages the publication of open data, methodologies, software, and supplementary materials in open access repositories.

Publication Costs

The International Journal of Open Science is free of charge for both authors and readers.

No fees are charged for submission, processing, or publication of articles (no APCs), ensuring scientific publication is accessible to the entire academic community without financial barriers.

Authors do not receive financial compensation for publishing their work.

Depositing and Self-Archiving

Authors are encouraged to deposit their articles in institutional, thematic, or general repositories such as Zenodo, ArXiv, SciELO Preprints, or RePEc, ensuring preservation and dissemination.

The journal allows and promotes self-archiving of preprint, postprint, and published versions without restrictions, in open access repositories.

Interoperability and Visibility

The journal provides open and structured metadata in interoperable standards such as Dublin Core and OAI-PMH, facilitating indexing in search engines and scientific databases.

All articles are assigned a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) to ensure persistent identification and long-term accessibility.

Commitment to Open Science

Authors are encouraged to provide links to data, code, protocols, and materials used in their research through open platforms.

The journal supports the use of preprints, promoting their deposit in specialized servers prior to formal peer review.

Use of persistent identifiers such as ORCID, ROR, and ISNI is encouraged to enhance traceability and visibility of academic contributions.

The International Journal of Open Science reaffirms its commitment to the democratization of knowledge, promoting an accessible, sustainable, and internationally aligned publication system following best practices in open science.