Open Access Policy
Open Access Policy
IJRAFS encourages transparency and ethical scholarship in agricultural and food sciences research. The articles of all publications done through IJRAFS are made available for free through its open access policy. The users can download and share the articles free of charge, provided that they comply with the relevant copyright laws under the terms of the applicable Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
Through this process of providing research findings through an open access system, IJRAFS has enabled the easy accessibility of scholarly research work to scholars, academicians, scientists, practitioners, students, and other concerned parties.
Our Open Access Policy Aims to:
- Ensure that published scholarly works in the field of agriculture and food science can be accessed for free.
- Ensure that research results are disseminated more widely.
- Ensure that scientific literature is available to researchers, students, educators, and practitioners.
- Encourage scholarly communication and research collaboration between different disciplines.
- Encourage knowledge sharing about agriculture, food science, sustainability, and other related areas.
- Promote education, research, and innovation through scholarly literature.
- Ensure that the research is preserved and remains accessible over time.
- Promote ethical use of scholarly literature in compliance with the respective license.
