Open Access & Archiving Policy

The International Journal of Security Sciences (IJSS) is committed to the principles of open-access publishing and the long-term preservation of scholarly content. We believe that security-related research should be freely accessible to readers worldwide and remain permanently available as part of the scholarly record.

Open Access Policy

All articles published in the journal are made immediately and permanently available online without subscription fees, registration requirements, or access restrictions.

Readers are free to:

• Read and download published articles
• Copy and redistribute content
• Share articles for educational and research purposes
• Search, link to, and cite published work
• Reuse content in accordance with the applicable license terms

The journal supports the broad dissemination of scholarly knowledge and encourages the responsible use and sharing of published research.

Licensing

Unless otherwise stated, all articles published in the journal are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License.

This license permits users to copy, distribute, share, adapt, and reproduce the published material in any medium or format, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and source.

Copyright

Authors retain copyright of their published work.

By publishing in the journal, authors grant the journal a non-exclusive license to publish, distribute, archive, preserve, and make the work available as part of the scholarly record.

Archiving & Digital Preservation

The journal is committed to ensuring the long-term preservation, accessibility, and integrity of its published scholarly content.

The journal maintains routine backup, content preservation, and digital asset management procedures designed to safeguard published articles, metadata, and supplementary materials against accidental loss or corruption.

Authors are permitted to archive and share the published version of their articles through:

• Institutional repositories
• Subject repositories
• Personal websites
• Academic networking platforms
• Research-sharing services

Appropriate citation to the original publication should be included whenever archived or shared copies are made available.

The journal is dedicated to maintaining permanent, unrestricted access to published research while ensuring its long-term preservation through responsible digital archiving and preservation practices.