Open Access Policy
1. Policy Overview
The African Journal of Applied Sciences and Humanities (AJASH) is an open-access journal, which means that all published articles are freely and permanently available online immediately upon publication. Readers may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author, provided proper citation is given.
2. Licensing and Copyright
All articles published in the journal are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license unless otherwise specified. This license allows users to:
Copyright: Copyright of the published work is retained by the journal. Authors are granted the right to share their work, acknowledging the journal as the original publisher.
3. Author Fees
The journal does not charge any article processing charges (APCs) or submission fees. Publication is entirely free of charge to ensure equity and academic dissemination without financial barriers.
4. Archiving and Preservation
The journal ensures the long-term preservation of its content through partnerships with digital archiving platforms and repositories (e.g., LOCKSS, CLOCKSS, and institutional repositories).
5. Indexing and Visibility
Being open access enhances visibility and citation potential. Articles published in the journal are indexed in recognized databases and made available to the global research community.
