Open access policy

Journal of Strategic and Military Studies is a fully open access, peer-reviewed academic journal committed to the free dissemination of scholarly research and the promotion of knowledge sharing at the international level.

All published articles are made immediately and permanently available online, free of charge to readers and their institutions. No subscription, payment, or registration is required to access, read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text of published articles.. The journal is published under the CC BY-NC 4.0:

You are free to:

  1. Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
  2. Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material.

Under the following terms:

  1. Attribution — You must give appropriate credit , provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made . You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  2. NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
  3. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

The journal supports the principles of open access as defined by the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI). It seeks to facilitate the widest possible dissemination of scientific knowledge and to encourage the use, sharing, and development of scholarly research, subject to the terms of the applicable open access licence.

Articles published in Journal of Strategic and Military Studies are distributed under the Creative Commons licence specified on the journal's website and on the relevant article page. Users may reuse published material in accordance with the terms and conditions of that licence, provided that the original authors and source are appropriately acknowledged.

Open access publication does not compromise the journal's editorial independence or peer-review standards. All manuscripts are subject to the journal's established editorial assessment and peer-review procedures before publication.

Journal of Strategic and Military Studies does not impose subscription or access fees on readers. Any fees or charges applicable to authors, including article processing charges, are disclosed transparently in the journal's Author Fees and Charges policy.

The journal is committed to ensuring the long-term accessibility, visibility, and responsible dissemination of its published scholarly content.