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