Open Access Policy

All articles published by Journal of al mayadine al iktissadia are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication, which allows an immediate, world-wide, barrier-free, open access to the full text of research papers, which is in the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

 Who Benefits from Open Access?

Researchers

  • Increases readers’ ability to find the relevant literature
  • Increases the visibility, readership and impact of author’s works
  • Creates new avenues for discovery in digital environment
  • Enhances the  interdisciplinary research
  • Accelerates the pace of research, discovery and innovation

 Educational Institutions

  • Contributes to the core mission of advancing knowledge
  • The ability of access across all institutions – regardless of size or budget
  • Provides previously unattainable access to community colleges, two-year colleges, K-12 and other schools
  • Provides access to crucial STEM materials
  • Increases competitiveness of academic institutions
  • Students
  • Enriches the quality of their education
  • Ensures access to all that students need to know, rather what they (or their school) can afford
  • Contributes to a better-educated workforce

 Research Funders

  • Leverages the return on research investment.
  • Creates tool to manage research portfolio.
  • Avoids funding the duplicative research.
  • Creates the transparency.
  • Encourages on greater interaction with results of the funded research

 Public

  • Provides access to previously unavailable materials relating to health, energy, environment, and other areas of broad interest.
  • Creates better educated populace
  • Encourages the support of scientific institutions, the engagement of economic and social environment.

 Businesses

  • Access to cutting-edge research encourages innovation
  • Stimulates new ideas, new services, new products
  • Creates new opportunities for job creation