OPEN ACCESS POLICY

This journal is a fully open access publication. All articles are freely available online immediately upon publication, with no subscription fees, registration barriers, or embargo period.

Open access publishing ensures that research outputs are freely and universally accessible to readers worldwide — including researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and the general public — without financial, legal, or technical barriers.

This journal adopted the open access model in line with international best practices and the commitments of Al-Hadba University to advance knowledge sharing and research visibility.


License & Copyright

Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

All articles published in this journal are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. This license allows others to download and share the work with proper credit to the authors, but prohibits commercial use and the creation of derivative works or adaptations.

Authors retain full copyright of their work. By submitting to this journal, authors grant the journal the right of first publication under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.

Under this license, users may freely read, download, copy, and distribute the published article in any medium or format, provided that: (1) appropriate credit is given to the original authors; (2) the material is not used for commercial purposes; and (3) the article is not remixed, transformed, or built upon.


Author Rights & Self-Archiving

Authors who publish in this journal retain full ownership of their intellectual work. They are granted the following rights without restriction:

  • Retain copyright of their article without any transfer of rights to the journal or publisher.
  • Deposit the final published version (Version of Record) in any institutional or subject-based repository, including university repositories, PubMed Central, arXiv, and similar platforms, for non-commercial purposes.
  • Share their article freely on personal or academic websites, ResearchGate, Academia.edu, or similar platforms immediately after publication, without modification.
  • Reuse their own article content in future works, presentations, theses, and teaching materials without requiring permission.
  • Third parties may share and redistribute the article in its original, unmodified form for non-commercial purposes, with proper attribution.

Article Processing Charges (APCs)

Submission Fee: No Charge
Publication Fee (APC): No Charge
Reader Access Fee: No Charge

This journal does not charge any article processing charges (APCs) or submission fees. Authors from all institutions and countries can publish their research at no cost. The journal is funded by Al-Hadba University as part of its commitment to supporting scholarly communication.


Digital Preservation & Archiving

To ensure long-term preservation and permanent access to published content, this journal is committed to digital archiving through recognized preservation systems. Published articles are archived to guarantee availability even if the journal ceases publication.

  • Articles are assigned a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) upon publication to ensure permanent and stable citation links.
  • Full-text articles are deposited in the Al-Hadba University institutional repository.
  • The journal participates in digital preservation initiatives to safeguard scholarly content for future access.

Compliance with Open Access Mandates

This journal's open access policy is aligned with the following international frameworks and declarations:

  • Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI, 2002) — The foundational declaration defining open access principles.
  • Berlin Declaration on Open Access (2003) — Commitment to online open access to scientific and humanistic knowledge.
  • Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing (2003) — Guidelines for open access in biomedical research.
  • UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science (2021) — Global framework promoting open science for all.

Authors whose work is funded by agencies requiring open access deposit are encouraged to contact the editorial office for assistance in meeting their mandate requirements.


Effective Date & Contact

Policy Adopted: 2024
License Version: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Embargo Period: None

For questions regarding this open access policy, please contact the editorial office at [email protected] or visit the journal website at pr.hu.edu.iq.