Open Access Policy

JESSHD is committed to the principle that high-quality scholarly research should be freely available to everyone. As a fully Open Access journal, all published articles are immediately accessible online without subscription or access charges, promoting the widest possible dissemination of scientific knowledge.

The Journal of Education, Social Sciences, and Human Development (JESSHD) believes that unrestricted access to scholarly publications accelerates scientific discovery, encourages academic collaboration, supports evidence-based policy making, and increases the global visibility and impact of authors' research. All articles published by JESSHD are freely available immediately after publication without embargo. This policy is consistent with the journal's commitment to open science and international scholarly communication.

 Free and Immediate Access

All articles published in JESSHD are available online immediately upon publication and may be accessed by anyone, anywhere in the world, without requiring a subscription, registration, or payment. Readers have unrestricted access to the full text of every published article, ensuring that research findings are widely disseminated to researchers, educators, practitioners, policymakers, and the general public.

 Users Are Permitted To

Under the journal's Open Access policy, users are permitted to:

• Read published articles free of charge.
• Download the full text without restriction.
• Print copies for personal or educational use.
• Share articles with colleagues and students.
• Distribute articles through institutional repositories or academic platforms.
• Cite published works in accordance with accepted academic standards.
• Link directly to published articles from websites, repositories, or course materials.

Proper attribution to the original author(s) and source must always be provided when reusing or sharing published material. This reflects the journal's commitment to ethical scholarly communication.

 Author Rights

Authors retain the intellectual responsibility for the content of their published work while granting JESSHD the right to publish, archive, and disseminate the article through its online publishing platform. Authors remain responsible for ensuring the originality of their work and compliance with the journal's publication ethics and plagiarism policy.

 Why Open Access?

• Increases research visibility and readership.
• Improves citation potential and scholarly impact.
• Supports global knowledge exchange.
• Removes financial barriers for readers.
• Encourages collaboration across institutions and countries.
• Promotes equitable access to scientific knowledge.

 Policy Statement

JESSHD fully supports the international Open Access movement by ensuring that every published article is permanently available online without financial, legal, or technical barriers beyond those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself. The journal encourages the responsible use, sharing, and citation of published research to maximize its academic and societal impact. 

 Share Your Research with the World

Publishing in JESSHD ensures that your research is immediately and permanently accessible to researchers, educators, policymakers, and practitioners worldwide. Through our Open Access publishing model, your work gains greater visibility, wider readership, and stronger potential for scholarly impact.