Open Access Policy

Veritas Journal of Social, Legal and Humanistic Studies (VJSLHS), published by The Global Publishers, is committed to the Diamond Open Access publishing model. We believe that unrestricted access to scholarly research promotes the free exchange of knowledge, encourages academic collaboration, and enhances the global impact of research in the fields of social sciences, legal studies, and the humanities.

All articles published in VJSLHS are freely available online immediately upon publication without subscription fees, registration requirements, or embargo periods.

1. Immediate Open Access

All accepted and published articles are made freely accessible on the journal website immediately after publication. Readers may access, read, download, print, search, and link to the full text of articles without financial, legal, or technical barriers.

2. Licensing

Unless otherwise specified, articles published in VJSLHS are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License.

This license permits users to:

  • 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.
  • Reuse published content provided appropriate credit is given to the original author(s), a link to the license is included, and any modifications are clearly indicated.

3. Author Rights

Authors retain the copyright of their published work. By submitting and publishing with VJSLHS, authors grant the journal a non-exclusive license to publish, archive, distribute, and preserve their work while retaining full ownership of their intellectual property.

Authors are encouraged to deposit the published version of their articles in institutional repositories, subject repositories, personal websites, or academic networking platforms, provided that appropriate citation to the original publication is included.

4. Reader Rights

Readers are free to access, read, download, copy, distribute, print, cite, and use published articles for lawful academic, educational, and research purposes without requesting prior permission from either the authors or the publisher, provided the terms of the applicable Creative Commons license are respected.

5. No Subscription or Access Fees

VJSLHS does not charge readers or institutions any subscription fees or access charges. All published content is permanently available without paywalls or access restrictions.

6. Article Processing Charges (APCs)

VJSLHS follows the Diamond Open Access publishing model. At present, the journal does not charge any Article Processing Charges (APCs), submission fees, publication fees, or access fees. Authors may submit and publish their research without financial barriers, subject only to successful peer review and editorial acceptance.

7. Long-Term Accessibility

To ensure the permanent availability of published research, all articles are preserved through the journal's digital archiving and preservation systems, including the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform and associated preservation services.