Open Access Policy

1. Open Access Commitment

The International Journal of Social Science and Applied Technology (IJSSAT) is a fully open-access journal. All content is freely available without charge to readers or institutions. Readers may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles without asking prior permission from the publisher or author, in accordance with the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative.

2. Copyright Ownership

Authors retain the copyright of their work without restrictions. IJSSAT does not claim ownership of the copyright. Authors grant IJSSAT the non-exclusive right to publish, reproduce, and distribute their articles in all formats and media.

3. Licensing Terms

All published articles are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) License.

• This license allows anyone to share (copy and redistribute) the material in any medium or format.

• Proper credit must be given to the author(s) and the source.

• The material cannot be used for commercial purposes.

• No modifications, adaptations, or derivative works may be distributed.

License link: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

4. Archiving and Preservation

IJSSAT participates in the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN), which digitally preserves all published content to ensure long-term accessibility. Additionally, IJSSAT maintains local backups and encourages authors to self-archive published articles in institutional and subject repositories.