Access Policy

Open Access Policy

The Idlib University Research Journal is a fully Open Access journal committed to the unrestricted dissemination of scholarly research. All content published by the journal is made immediately and freely available online upon publication without charge to readers or their institutions.

In accordance with the principles of open access publishing, users are permitted to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to the full text of articles, crawl articles for indexing, transmit them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose without requesting prior permission from the publisher or the authors, provided appropriate attribution is given and the terms of the journal license are followed.

The journal does not impose any embargo period. All content is available immediately upon publication, and users are not required to register or create an account to access journal content.

All published articles are distributed under the CC BY 4.0 license unless otherwise stated. This license permits unrestricted use, sharing, adaptation, distribution, and reproduction in any medium or format, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and source, a link to the license is provided, and any modifications are indicated.

Authors retain copyright of their work while granting the journal the right of first publication.

The Idlib University Research Journal supports international standards for transparency, accessibility, and ethical scholarly communication and encourages the widest possible dissemination and reuse of research outputs.