Open Access Policy

The International Innovations Journal of Applied Science (IIJAS) is a fully open access journal, ensuring that all published content is freely and permanently available online to readers without any financial or institutional barriers.
Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, translate, or link to the full text of all articles without requiring prior permission from either the publisher or the author.

This policy follows the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI), supporting the unrestricted sharing of scientific and applied knowledge to promote global research, innovation, and education.

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Copyright and Licensing

Authors retain full copyright of their works published in IIJAS.
All articles are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0),
which permits anyone to share, reuse, and adapt the work, provided that proper credit is given to the original author(s) and source.

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This licensing framework guarantees that IIJAS content remains freely accessible worldwide while protecting authors’ intellectual property rights.

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Editorial and Ethical Standards

All manuscripts submitted to IIJAS undergo plagiarism detection using Turnitin or equivalent software to ensure originality and academic integrity.
Each paper is evaluated through a double-blind peer review by qualified international reviewers to ensure objectivity, transparency, and high scholarly standards.

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Benefits of Open Access Publishing in IIJAS

• Free and unrestricted access for researchers and practitioners worldwide.

• Increased visibility, readership, and citation impact for authors.

• Rapid publication and dissemination of scientific knowledge.

• Elimination of institutional or geographic barriers to research access.

• Long-term preservation of all articles through LOCKSS/CLOCKSS and the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN).

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Compliance with International Standards

IIJAS fully aligns its open access and publication ethics with the frameworks of:

• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

• Plan S for Open Science and Fair Access

• Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

• Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI)

• Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0) principles

Through this commitment, IIJAS contributes to the advancement of transparent, equitable, and globally accessible scientific knowledge.