Diamond Open Access — Free to Read, Free to Publish

Our Open Access Model

IJAEDF operates a Diamond Open Access model. This means:

• No subscription or reader fees. Every article is freely available online from the moment of publication.
• No Article Processing Charges (APCs). Authors are never asked to pay submission, processing, page, colour, or publication fees.
• No embargo period. Articles are immediately and permanently open to read, download, share, and reuse.

Editorial and production costs are underwritten by the publisher, RCD Strategic Solutions.

Licensing — CC BY 4.0

All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. 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 commercial use;

provided that appropriate credit is given, a link to the licence is provided, and any changes are indicated.

Copyright

Authors retain full copyright of their work. By submitting to IJAEDF, authors grant the journal a non-exclusive licence to publish and distribute the article under CC BY 4.0.

Self-Archiving (Green OA)

Authors are encouraged to deposit the final published version (Version of Record) in:

• Institutional repositories;
• Subject repositories (e.g. SSRN, RePEc);
• Personal or research-group websites;
• Scholarly collaboration networks (e.g. ResearchGate, Academia.edu).

There is no embargo. The deposited copy must include full citation details and a link to the published version on ijaedf.com.

Reader Rights

Readers may freely read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to the full text, crawl articles for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose without prior permission from the publisher or the author, subject only to proper attribution.

Long-Term Preservation

IJAEDF is committed to long-term digital preservation of its content through redundant archival arrangements. Each article is assigned a permanent DOI and remains accessible at the same URL indefinitely.

DOAJ Compliance

IJAEDF aligns with the DOAJ Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (jointly issued by COPE, DOAJ, OASPA and WAME), covering editorial policies, peer review, ownership and management, governing body, editorial team, author fees, copyright, licensing, and archiving.

Related Policies

• Publication Ethics & Malpractice Statement
• Peer Review Process
• Author Guidelines