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International Journal of Humanities, Social Sciences and Communication is an international, peer-reviewed, open access scholarly journal that provides immediate and unrestricted access to its published content. The journal follows the principle that free availability of research enhances global knowledge dissemination, improves research visibility, supports academic collaboration and accelerates scientific and social advancement.

All articles published in the International Journal of Humanities, Social Sciences and Communication are freely accessible online without subscription or payment barriers. Authors retain the copyright of their work, ensuring full control over intellectual property while allowing broad dissemination of scholarly content.

Articles published in IJHSSC are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work, first published in the International Journal of Humanities, Social Sciences and Communication, is properly cited. Proper citation must include complete bibliographic information such as author name(s), article title, journal title, volume, issue, year of publication, article identifier and the direct URL of the original publication, along with the license statement “Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 4.0”.

This open access publishing model ensures maximum visibility, discoverability and citation potential of published articles across academic databases, search engines and indexing platforms including Google Scholar. By adopting an open access policy, IJHSSC supports transparency, research integrity and equitable access to knowledge for researchers, educators, policymakers and practitioners worldwide.

Authors and readers are not required to seek permission from the publisher for reprints, reuse or redistribution of published content, as such permission is inherently granted under the Creative Commons license. The publisher does not hold the copyright of published materials; copyright remains with the authors unless explicitly stated otherwise.