Open Access Policy

Open Access Policy

Digital Social Sciences is a fully open-access journal committed to the unrestricted dissemination of scholarly knowledge and the promotion of equitable access to research worldwide. All articles are made freely available online immediately upon publication, without subscription fees, registration requirements, or access barriers.

In accordance with the principles of open access, readers may read, download, copy, share, print, search, link to, and use published content for any lawful purpose without prior permission from the authors or the journal.

Authors retain copyright of their work. All articles published in Digital Social Sciences are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License. This license permits the sharing, reproduction, distribution, adaptation, and reuse of published material, including for commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and the journal is acknowledged as the original source of publication.

By adopting the CC BY 4.0 license, Digital Social Sciences supports the widest possible visibility, accessibility, and impact of scholarly research while ensuring proper attribution to authors.