Open access, rights, license, and charges

Open access

All content is immediately open access, with no embargo and no mandatory registration to read or download. It may be read, downloaded, copied, shared, linked, reused, and adapted under the applicable license.

License

The initial license is Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). It permits sharing and adaptation, including commercially, provided that authorship is properly acknowledged, the original publication is cited, the license is linked, and changes are indicated.

Copyright

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication. They are responsible for permissions for third-party material. The general license does not automatically cover content identified under different conditions.

Charges

Sapiens Global charges no submission, evaluation, processing, or publication fees. It also charges no review or DOI fee and accepts no payment in exchange for acceptance. Decisions are based solely on scientific, editorial, and ethical criteria.

Advertising and sponsorship

The journal currently carries no commercial advertising. Any future advertising must be identified and kept separate from scientific content. Sponsors or advertisers may not influence editorial decisions. Acceptance, impact, or indexing will not be promised.