Open Access Policy

Journal of Science and Science Education (JoSSEd) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal published by the Postgraduate Program, University of Mataram, Indonesia. The journal is committed to promoting the free and unrestricted dissemination of scientific knowledge, supporting equitable access to research findings, and encouraging the global exchange of academic information.

JoSSEd provides immediate open access to its published content based on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge and advances scientific development, educational innovation, and research collaboration.

All published articles are freely accessible to readers worldwide without subscription fees, registration requirements, or pay-per-view charges.

1. Immediate Open Access

JoSSEd provides immediate and unrestricted online access to all published articles. Readers may access the full text of articles directly through the journal's official website without financial, institutional, or subscription barriers.

The journal does not impose an embargo period on published articles. Research findings become freely accessible upon official publication and remain available through the journal's online platform.

This policy is intended to increase the visibility, accessibility, dissemination, and potential impact of research in science, science education, educational technology, and related scientific disciplines.

2. Open Access Licensing

Articles published in JoSSEd are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits the use, sharing, distribution, reproduction, and adaptation of published materials, provided that appropriate attribution is given to the original authors and the source of publication.

Under this license, users are permitted to:

• Share: Copy and redistribute published materials in any medium or format.
• Adapt: Remix, transform, translate, and build upon published materials.
• Reuse: Use published materials for educational, scientific, commercial, and non-commercial purposes.
• Distribute: Disseminate published articles through repositories, websites, academic platforms, and other communication channels.

Users must provide appropriate credit, include a link to the license, and indicate whether changes have been made. Users must not suggest that the original authors or publisher endorse their use of the material.

3. Copyright and Authors' Rights

Authors retain copyright ownership of their published works and grant JoSSEd the right of first publication. The journal does not require authors to transfer copyright ownership to the publisher.

Authors may share, distribute, reproduce, and reuse their published articles in accordance with the applicable Creative Commons license, provided that appropriate acknowledgement is given to the original publication in JoSSEd.

Detailed provisions regarding copyright ownership, licensing, intellectual property, and reuse of published content are governed by the journal's Copyright Notice and Licensing Policy.

4. Readers' Rights

JoSSEd supports equitable and unrestricted access to scientific publications. Readers are permitted to access and use published articles in accordance with the applicable open-access license.

Readers may:

• Read and download full-text articles without subscription or access fees.
• Print and distribute copies for academic, educational, and research purposes.
• Share article links and published materials through academic and professional networks.
• Use and cite published findings in subsequent research and scholarly publications.
• Translate, adapt, and reproduce published materials in accordance with the CC BY 4.0 license.
• Deposit and preserve copies of published articles in appropriate digital repositories.

All forms of reuse must respect the rights of authors, provide proper attribution, and comply with any separately identified rights applicable to third-party materials.

5. Self-Archiving and Institutional Repositories

JoSSEd supports the self-archiving of scholarly articles to enhance research visibility, accessibility, and long-term dissemination.

Authors are permitted to deposit and share the published version of record in institutional repositories, subject repositories, personal websites, and other appropriate academic platforms in accordance with the article's open-access license.

Authors are encouraged to include the complete bibliographic information, journal title, and Digital Object Identifier (DOI), where available, when depositing or sharing their published articles.

No additional embargo period is imposed on the self-archiving of articles published under the journal's CC BY 4.0 license.

6. Open Access and Research Dissemination

JoSSEd promotes the dissemination of scientific knowledge by making published research freely accessible to researchers, educators, students, policymakers, practitioners, and the wider public.

The journal encourages the responsible sharing and citation of published articles to increase their academic visibility and support the development of interdisciplinary and international research collaboration.

Open access contributes to the advancement of science and education by facilitating knowledge exchange, supporting evidence-based practices, and reducing barriers to accessing scholarly information.

7. Publication Charges and Reader Access

JoSSEd does not charge readers for accessing, downloading, or reading published articles. All published content is freely available through the journal's official website.

Any applicable author-side publication charges, including Article Processing Charges (APCs), are governed by the journal's separately published publication fee policy. Reader access to published articles is not conditional upon payment of subscription or access fees.

8. Open Access and Publication Ethics

JoSSEd maintains its commitment to scientific integrity, editorial independence, and responsible scholarly publishing regardless of the journal's open-access publishing model.

All manuscripts are subject to the journal's editorial evaluation and peer-review requirements. The journal applies a single-blind peer-review system, in which reviewers know the identities of authors while reviewer identities remain confidential.

Publication decisions are based on scientific quality, originality, methodological rigor, relevance, and compliance with publication ethics. Open-access publication does not guarantee manuscript acceptance or compromise the independence of editorial decisions.

The journal's ethical principles are informed by the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

9. Long-Term Accessibility and Preservation

JoSSEd recognizes the importance of preserving published scholarly content and maintaining its accessibility over time.

The journal supports responsible digital preservation practices, stable article identification, accurate publication metadata, and appropriate archival arrangements to help ensure the continued availability of its scholarly publications.

Specific digital preservation arrangements and archival services are governed by the journal's Archiving Policy and the preservation systems implemented by the publisher.

10. Commitment to Open Science

JoSSEd supports the principles of open science, transparency, reproducibility, and responsible research dissemination. The journal encourages authors to make supporting research materials, data, instruments, and methodological information available where appropriate and ethically permissible.

Data sharing must comply with applicable ethical approvals, participant confidentiality requirements, intellectual property rights, and relevant institutional or legal restrictions.

Through its open-access publishing model, JoSSEd aims to contribute to inclusive scientific communication, sustainable knowledge development, and broader public engagement with research.