UK Journals is committed to the open and unrestricted dissemination of scholarly research. All articles published in journals operating under the UK Journals platform are made freely and permanently available online immediately after publication, without subscription charges or access barriers.
UK Journals follows an immediate open-access publishing model. Readers may access, read, download, copy, share, print, search, and link to the full text of published articles without requiring registration or payment. No embargo period is applied to published content.
Unless otherwise stated, articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0). Under this licence, users may:
Such use is permitted provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author or authors, the journal and publisher are acknowledged, a link to the licence is included, and any changes made to the original work are clearly indicated.
Retention of Rights: Authors retain the copyright to their published work. Authors grant the relevant journal and UK Journals the right to publish, distribute, archive, and identify themselves as the original publisher. Authors are not required to transfer complete copyright ownership to the publisher.
Subject to the applicable licence, authors maintain the right to:
The original publication should always be properly acknowledged, preferably with its DOI or permanent article URL.
Authors are fully permitted to deposit the submitted, accepted, or published version of their article in:
There is no embargo period. Deposited versions should include complete citation details and a functional hyperlink to the officially published version on the platform.
Open access does not necessarily mean that publication is free of cost. Any applicable article processing charge, waiver, or exemption will be clearly stated on the website of the selected journal before manuscript submission.
Payment of an article processing charge does not influence peer review, manuscript acceptance, or editorial decisions.
Readers may use and share published content in accordance with the CC BY 4.0 licence. Proper attribution must be provided, and the content must not be presented in a misleading way or attributed to individuals who did not create it.
Any third-party material not covered by the article’s open-access licence may require separate permission from its copyright owner.
Through its open-access policy, UK Journals seeks to increase the visibility, accessibility, use, and impact of scholarly research. The platform supports the principle that research should be available to researchers, students, professionals, policymakers, institutions, and the wider public without unnecessary financial or technical barriers.