Asian Studies International Journal (ASIJ) is an Open Access Journal which means that 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, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI* definition of open access.
Articles published in the Journal are Open-Access articles distributed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Benefits of open access for authors include:
- OA articles are freely and permanently available online immediately upon publication, enabling broader distribution and increased visibility
- Authors can easily comply with the OA mandates of their institution or funding body as OA articles are usually published under a Creative Commons license
- The final version can be re-used and immediately deposited in any repository
- Articles are citation tracked and included in all major bibliographic databases
The journal allows readers to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text of its articles and allow readers to use them for any other non-commercial work.