Open Access Policy

Shanlax International Journal of Education (SIJEd) is a Gold open access journal. As a Gold open access refers to the practice of publishing academic research in a way that makes it freely available to anyone who wants to read it, without any paywall or subscription fee and all articles are immediately and permanently available to readers free of charge.

SIJEd collect ASF (Article Submission Fee) from authors to ensure that the articles remain freely accessible to readers. SIJEd offer high visibility and impact within their respective fields, as the articles can be more easily discovered and shared across a wider audience. Also promote greater transparency and accessibility in scientific research, as it allows anyone with an internet connection to read and learn from academic work. All content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution.

Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose. This is in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI is a public statement of principles relating to open access to the research literature, which was released to the public February 14, 2002) definition of open access.