Open Access Policy
SITTAH: Journal of Primary Education is a fully open-access journal, providing immediate and unrestricted access to its content for readers worldwide. We believe that the free dissemination of research fosters greater global knowledge exchange and encourages innovation, collaboration, and advancement across multiple disciplines.
1. Free and Immediate Access
All articles published in SITTAH: Journal of Primary Education are freely available to anyone, anywhere, at any time. There are no subscription fees or registration barriers to accessing full-text articles, ensuring that researchers, practitioners, and the general public can benefit from the journal’s content without financial or technical restrictions.
2. Licensing and User Rights
SITTAH: Journal of Primary Education publishes its content under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This license allows users to:
- Copy, distribute, display, and perform the work for non-commercial purposes.
- Adapt and build upon the work, provided that proper attribution is given to the original authors and the journal.
- Distribute adaptations under the same license terms as the original work.
This means users can freely access, use, and share articles for educational and research purposes, promoting the widest possible dissemination of scholarly work.
3. Author Rights
Authors retain full copyright of their work while granting SITTAH: Journal of Primary Education a non-exclusive right to publish and distribute the work. Authors are free to:
- Share their work on personal websites, institutional repositories, or other platforms, as long as they acknowledge the original publication in SITTAH: Journal of Primary Education.
By supporting open access, SITTAH: Journal of Primary Education ensures that authors' work reaches a broader audience, leading to greater visibility, citation, and impact of their research.