Open Access Policy

COMMUNIA – Journal of Community Engagement and Development is committed to providing immediate and unrestricted access to all published scholarly articles. The journal applies a full open access policy, allowing readers to access, read, download, copy, distribute, and reuse published works in accordance with the terms of the applicable Creative Commons license.

The journal's open access policy aims to promote the broad dissemination of scholarly knowledge, increase the accessibility and visibility of research findings, and support the exchange and utilization of knowledge for community engagement and sustainable development.

  1. Full Open Access

COMMUNIA provides full and immediate open access to all published articles.

All articles are freely available to readers immediately after publication without subscription or pay-per-view requirements.

Readers may access the full text of published articles without financial, institutional, or registration barriers.

  1. Free Access for Readers

COMMUNIA does not charge readers any fees to access published articles.

Readers are not required to:

  • pay subscription fees;
  • purchase individual articles;
  • pay download fees; or
  • register or create an account solely to access published articles.

All published content is freely accessible through the journal's online platform.

  1. Creative Commons License

All articles published by COMMUNIA – Journal of Community Engagement and Development are licensed under the:

Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)

This license allows users to:

  • Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format; and
  • Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, including commercial purposes.

Users must comply with the following conditions:

Attribution

Users must give appropriate credit to the original author(s), provide the title of the work, acknowledge the journal as the original source of publication, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made to the original material.

ShareAlike

If users remix, transform, or build upon the material, the resulting work must be distributed under the same license (CC BY-SA 4.0).

No Additional Restrictions

Users may not apply legal terms or technological measures that restrict others from exercising the rights permitted by the license.

The CC BY-SA 4.0 license supports the broad dissemination and reuse of scholarly works while ensuring appropriate attribution and continued openness of derivative works.

  1. Copyright

Copyright of articles published in COMMUNIA remains with the author(s), unless otherwise stated in the journal's publication agreement.

Authors grant the public permission to access, reproduce, distribute, and adapt their published works under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license.

Authors retain responsibility for the originality, accuracy, and integrity of their published work.

The journal's copyright and licensing terms are clearly stated on the journal website and in each published article.

  1. No Embargo Period

COMMUNIA does not impose an embargo period on published articles.

All articles become openly accessible immediately upon publication and remain freely available through the journal's online platform.

There is no period during which access to published articles is restricted or delayed.

  1. Article Sharing and Redistribution

COMMUNIA encourages authors, researchers, educators, practitioners, and readers to share published articles through legitimate academic and scholarly channels.

Published articles may be shared through:

  • institutional repositories;
  • subject or disciplinary repositories;
  • university or institutional websites;
  • academic profiles;
  • scholarly communication platforms;
  • academic and professional social media; and
  • other appropriate platforms.

Any sharing or redistribution must comply with the attribution and licensing requirements of CC BY-SA 4.0.

  1. Reuse and Adaptation

The journal permits the reuse and adaptation of published articles in accordance with the terms of the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

Users may incorporate, adapt, translate, remix, or otherwise build upon published material, provided that:

  1. appropriate attribution is given to the original author(s) and source;
  2. a link to the CC BY-SA 4.0 license is provided;
  3. any modifications to the original work are clearly indicated; and
  4. adapted or derivative works are distributed under the same license.
  1. Open Access and Community Development

As a journal focusing on community engagement and development, COMMUNIA recognizes open access as an important mechanism for expanding the social impact of scholarly knowledge.

Research published by the journal may address community empowerment, community development, social innovation, participatory education, public health, economic empowerment, entrepreneurship, digital transformation, environmental sustainability, agriculture, rural development, legal empowerment, public policy, and other interdisciplinary community-based initiatives.

By providing open access, COMMUNIA seeks to ensure that relevant scholarly knowledge can be accessed not only by researchers and academics but also by practitioners, community organizations, policymakers, educational institutions, government agencies, and the wider public.

  1. Open Access and Peer Review

The open access policy of COMMUNIA does not compromise the journal's academic standards.

All manuscripts submitted to the journal are subject to editorial screening and the journal's double-blind peer review process before publication.

Open access concerns the accessibility and reuse of published scholarly works and does not affect the journal's standards for editorial evaluation, peer review, academic quality, or research integrity.

  1. Long-Term Accessibility

COMMUNIA is committed to maintaining continued access to its published scholarly content.

The journal seeks to preserve published articles and their associated metadata through appropriate digital preservation and archiving mechanisms.

Where applicable, the journal may participate in institutional repositories, digital archiving services, or other preservation systems to support the long-term accessibility of published content.

  1. Statement on Open Access

COMMUNIA – Journal of Community Engagement and Development is a full open access journal. All published articles are freely and immediately available to readers without subscription fees, access charges, or embargo periods.

All published articles are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license.

Users are permitted to read, download, copy, distribute, reuse, remix, transform, and build upon published works, provided that appropriate attribution is given, the applicable license is acknowledged, modifications are indicated, and derivative works are distributed under the same license.

COMMUNIA is committed to promoting open scholarly communication, equitable access to knowledge, responsible reuse of research, and the broad dissemination of scholarly findings for academic and societal benefit.