Articles published in Firat University Journal of Social Sciences are digitally archived in LOCKSS. In addition, published articles can be accessed by the author in the institutional archive of the university, subject archives or any other archive without embargo period. Thus, everyone can access this publication immediately free of charge.

In Firat University Journal of Social Sciences (e-ISSN: 2149-3243), the publisher of the journal, Firat University, is pleased to announce its archive policy in accordance with its policy of supporting the dissemination of research results:
Firat University Journal of Social Sciences allows authors to use the final published version of an article (publisher pdf) for self-archiving (author's personal website) and/or archiving in an institutional repository after publication.
Authors may self-archive their articles in public and/or commercial subject-based archives. There is no embargo period, but the published source must be cited and a link to the journal home page or DOI of the articles must be set.
Authors can download the manuscript as a PDF document. Authors can send copies of the article to colleagues without any embargo.
Firat University Journal of Social Sciences allows final versions of articles (published version), which will be stored in an institutional or other archive of the author's choice without embargo.

Version Published in the Journal
Publication Type: Open Access
LOCKSS: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/firatsbed/lockss-manifest
RSS: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/firatsbed/rss-feeds
Embargo Period: No embargo period.
Open Access Licence: CC BY-NC 4.0
Copyright Holder: Author(s) retains copyright.
Archive Location: Institutional Repository, Journal Website, Corporate Site, Author's Personal Website, Public and/or Commercial Subject-Based Repositories.
Policy Terms: The journal should be cited in accordance with citation and citation standards. It should be linked to the publisher version with DOI.

Version Accepted at the End of the Referee Process
Embargo Period: None
Archive Location: Journal Website, Corporate Website, Author's Personal Website.
Copyright Holder: The author(s) retains copyright.

First Text Submitted to the Journal
Embargo Period: None
Archive Location: Journal Website, Corporate Website, Author's Personal Website.