Open Access Policy

Open Access Statement

The Academia Journal of Strategic Management and Finance (AJSMF) is a fully (Gold) open access journal. All articles are freely available to read, download and share immediately upon publication, without registration, subscription or payment, and without any embargo period.

In accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition of open access, users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author, provided the original work is properly cited.

Licensing Terms

All articles in AJSMF are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). Under this licence, anyone may:

  • Share – copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
  • Adapt – remix, transform and build upon the material for any purpose, including commercially

on the condition of Attribution: appropriate credit must be given to the original author(s) and source, a link to the licence provided, and any changes indicated. The licence terms are displayed on every article landing page and in the full-text PDF.

Author Rights and Copyright

  • Authors retain the copyright of their work without restrictions.
  • Authors grant AJSMF a non-exclusive licence to publish the article and to be identified as its original publisher.
  • Authors retain unrestricted publishing rights and may reuse, share and deposit their work anywhere, provided AJSMF is cited as the original source.

No Embargo

There is no embargo on any content. Articles are openly available as soon as they are published online.

Article Processing Charges

Reading and downloading articles is free for everyone. To cover publication costs, a one-time Article Processing Charge (APC) is payable by authors only after acceptance; there are no submission or review fees. Full and partial waivers are available. Full details are given in our Charges Policy.

Benefits for Authors

  • Global reach: research is accessible to readers worldwide, including practitioners and policymakers
  • Greater visibility: open access increases readership and citation potential
  • Funder compliance: CC BY 4.0 publishing meets the open access requirements of most research funders

Preservation

All published content is permanently archived to guarantee long-term access. See our Archiving Policy for details.