Open Access Policy

Commitment to Open Access

The Journal of Digital Sociohumanities (JDS) is firmly committed to the principles of open access, ensuring that all published research is freely available to the global academic community and the general public without financial, legal, or technical barriers. We believe that free access to research fosters knowledge exchange, accelerates innovation, and advances the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

What Open Access Means

All original research articles, review papers, case studies, and scholarly contributions published in JDSH are:

  • Freely accessible immediately upon publication — no subscription or paywall.

  • Available for unrestricted non-commercial use, sharing, and adaptation, provided proper credit is given to the original authors and the source.

  • Retained under author copyright, ensuring authors maintain ownership of their intellectual work.

Licensing Framework

JDSH publishes under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Under this license:

  • Users can copy, distribute, display, and perform the work, as well as make derivative works, provided it is for non-commercial purposes.

  • Appropriate credit must be given to the original author(s) and the journal, including a link to the license, and any changes made must be indicated.

  • Commercial use of the material requires additional permission from the copyright holder.

For full license details, visit: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Author Rights and Copyright

Authors publishing with Journal of Digital Sociohumanities:

  • Retain full copyright over their work.

  • Grant the journal a non-exclusive license to publish, distribute, and promote the article under the CC BY-NC terms.

  • Benefit from increased global visibility and wider readership through open access dissemination.

By submitting and publishing in JDSH, authors agree to these open access and licensing terms.

No Reader Fees

Journal of Digital Sociohumanities does not charge any fees to readers for accessing, downloading, or sharing published articles. All content is freely available for non-commercial use from the date of publication.