Sinop University Social Sciences Journal is committed to the principles of open access to promote the dissemination of high-quality research in social sciences. Our open access policy ensures that all published content is freely available to researchers, scholars, students, and the public worldwide without financial, legal, or technical barriers.
1. Licensing and Copyright
All articles published in SUSSJ are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY-NC-ND)4.0 license, which allows users to share, copy, distribute, and adapt the work, provided proper credit is given to the original author(s) and the journal.
2. Accessibility
Open Access Policy relevant to the declaration of Budapest Open Access Initiative on February 14th, 2002 in Budapest, Hungary. In the declaration, open access was described as:
"By "open access" to this literature, we mean its free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself."
In the frame of the Budapest Open Access Initiative, Sinop University Journal of Social Sciences, agrees that the only constraint on reproduction and distribution, and the only role for copyright in this domain, should be to give authors control over the integrity of their work and the right to be properly acknowledged and cited.
All articles are made available immediately upon publication without any embargo period.
No subscription fees or paywalls are required to access published content.
Authors retain full copyright of their work while granting the journal the right to publish and distribute it under the CC BY license.https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read
3. Archiving and Preservation
The journal ensures long-term digital preservation of all published content through institutional repositories and recognized archiving services.
Articles are assigned Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) to ensure permanent availability and citation.
This journal is a Gold Open Access journal, meaning that all published content is freely and permanently accessible online without any subscription or access fees. All articles are made immediately available to the public via the DergiPark platform.
The journal supports the principles of open science and encourages the dissemination of scholarly knowledge without financial, legal, or technical barriers.
Authors are permitted and encouraged to deposit the published version of their articles in institutional repositories such as DSpace@Sinop, the institutional repository of Sinop University. These repositories ensure long-term digital preservation, enhance visibility, and provide open access in accordance with international standards.
All archiving practices must comply with applicable copyright regulations and include proper citation to the original publication.
4. Author Fees
SUSSJ does not charge any article processing charges (APCs) or submission fees, ensuring that authors from all backgrounds have the opportunity to publish their research without financial constraints.
5. Compliance with Open Access Standards
The journal adheres to the open access guidelines set by Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and other indexing bodies.
All research published aligns with the principles of open knowledge sharing and academic transparency.
6. Benefits of Open Access
Enhances the visibility and impact of research. Promotes knowledge exchange and interdisciplinary collaboration. Supports global access to scholarly research, including in underprivileged regions.
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For further inquiries, please contact the editorial office of Sinop University Social Sciences Journal at syazici@sinop.edu.tr or visit our website at https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/sinopus.
Open Access Policy
Sinop Journal of Social Sciences provides immediate open access to all content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
All articles are published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0), which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
There are no article processing charges (APCs) or submission fees. Authors retain the copyright of their work while granting the journal the right of first publication.
The journal supports the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) and follows the DOAJ Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing.
Self-archiving:
Authors are permitted to deposit pre-print, post-print, and publisher’s version (PDF) of their articles in institutional or subject repositories immediately after publication.
Permanent Archiving:
Content is preserved through DergiPark infrastructure and additional indexing services.
