Open Access Statement

The Journal of Innovation and Business Strategy (JIBS) is an open-access journal. This means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or their institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author, in accordance with the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI).

Key Points of Our Open Access Policy:

  1. Immediate Access
    All articles published in JIBS are available online immediately upon publication, ensuring that research is accessible to the global academic community and the public without any delay or embargo.

  2. No Subscription Fees
    JIBS does not charge any fees for accessing articles. Readers can freely access, read, and download all articles from the journal’s website.

  3. Free Reuse and Distribution
    Articles published in JIBS are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). This license allows others to freely distribute, reuse, remix, and build upon the work, as long as proper credit is given to the original authors and the journal.

  4. Support for Researchers
    By removing barriers to access, JIBS supports the dissemination of high-quality research, fosters academic collaboration, and promotes the visibility of authors' work to a wide audience.

  5. Author Rights
    Authors retain the copyright to their articles, granting the journal a non-exclusive right to publish. Authors are free to share their published work on any platform or repository, provided proper acknowledgment of the original publication in JIBS.