Open access policy

The IJRDO Journal of Economics, Planning and Finance Management publishes under a complete open access model allowing for immediate free online access to all of the articles published in this journal. There are no subscriptions, logins, nor paywalls which means that anyone and everyone may read and access all of the journal's contents without any restrictions.

Open discussion, independent validation, and practical reuse are very beneficial to security research. Open access to publications facilitates the quicker dissemination of novel concepts to institutions, researchers, and developers.

What Open Access Means in Practice

Under the journal’s open access policy:

  • All published articles are available to read online at no cost
  • Full texts can be downloaded without special access permission
  • Articles may be shared for academic and research purposes
  • Access is the same for all readers, regardless of country or institution
  • No subscription or library membership is required

We want published work to circulate, be discussed, and be tested — not sit behind access limits.

Author Rights and Ownership

The copyright of their work is retained by authors who publish in IJRDO Journal of Economics, Planning and Finance Management. The author retains copyright of the article, but the journal is granted the right to publish and distribute it.

Authors are free to:

  • Share their published article on personal websites.
  • Upload it to institutional repositories.
  • Include it in academic profiles and research networks.
  • Use the material in teaching, presentations, or future research work.

We try to keep author rights straightforward and not overly complicated.

How Articles May Be Used and Shared?

The editor wants to prevent problems related to re-using material already published, so each article has clear usage permission attached to it. Most of the time anyone can read, cite and distribute the work as long as they give proper credit to the original authors and they identify the original journal source.

In simple terms:

  • Sharing with attribution is allowed
  • Academic reuse and reference are encouraged
  • Content should not be altered in a way that misrepresents the original findings
  • Proper citation must always be included

If an author has special reuse concerns, these can be discussed with the editorial office before publication.

Why Open Access Is Important for This Field?

IJRDO Journal of Economics, Planning and Finance Management research is moving quickly, and many of the challenges are global. Open access supports:

  • Faster knowledge transfer across research groups
  • Better transparency in security methods and evaluations
  • Wider visibility for authors’ work
  • Easier collaboration between academia and industry
  • Broader educational use of current research

Keeping research open helps the field grow in a more practical and connected way.

Questions and Support

If you have inquiries regarding availability, distribution or reuse of an article written by an author or reader, please get in touch with the editorial staff in order to find out how we can help. We believe in providing clear and practical guidelines instead of providing complex and detailed legal definitions.

The main idea behind this policy is simple: good research should be easy to find, easy to read, and properly credited.