The Journal of Integrated Education, Society, and Technology (JIEST) is a fully peer-reviewed, gold open-access journal. This means that all content published in this journal is immediately and permanently accessible online to anyone, anywhere, free of charge, and without registration barriers.

1. Free and Immediate Availability

In alignment with the definition of open access established by the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI), JIEST provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Readers have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of all articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.

2. Licensing and Creative Commons

All articles published in JIEST are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License.

Under this license, users are free to:

• Share: Copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.

• Adapt: Remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.

Provided that:

• Attribution: Proper credit must be given to the original authors and the journal as the original place of publication, a link to the license must be provided, and any changes made must be clearly indicated.

3. Benefits for Authors

By maintaining a strict Open Access policy, JIEST ensures maximum benefits for our contributing authors:

• Higher Visibility & Impact: Open-access articles are downloaded and cited more frequently than articles locked behind paywalls.

• Global Reach: Research is discoverable by a worldwide audience, including researchers, policymakers, and practitioners in developing regions.

• Retained Copyright: Authors retain the unconditional copyright of their work, allowing them to redistribute and archive their published PDF files without restrictions.