International Journal of Business and Social Analytics (IJBSA) adheres to the philosophy of free access publishing and is of the opinion that unrestricted and free access to scholarly research is the key to efficient knowledge development across the world. As a part of the global best practice, IJBSA offers immediate free access to all the published articles and, therefore, research results are free to access by readers across the world and do not require subscription or access fees. Every article in IJBSA is permanently and freely availed online when it is published. Readers are also allowed to read, download, duplicate, share, print, search or link to the entire text of articles without prior permission of the publisher or authors provided they give due acknowledgment and reference to the original source. IJBSA adheres to the ideals of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) and it promotes the sharing of academic work in educational, research and non-commercial uses. The journal does not place a time limit on the material and also keeps the material published on its official web site and also on search engines. Through embracing an open access model of publishing, IJBSA will seek to improve the visibility of the research, its accessibility, and impact in the disciplines of business, management sciences, social sciences, law, and arts. This policy assists authors to get larger readership, citation prospects, and scholarly acknowledgment as well as allowing institutions, investigators, policymakers, and practitioners to possess high-quality peer-reviewed studies without any limitations. The International Journal of Business and Social Analytics is committed to the knowledge sharing, innovation and academic excellence via open access publishing in a transparent, ethical and sustainable manner.
ISSN 3006-7049
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All of the articles are published in the International Journal of Business and Social Analytics (IJBSA) through an open access licensing model to facilitate free sharing of knowledge and visibility of research on a global scale. Any published work is under a creative commons Attribution License (CC BY), which allows free use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, as long as the original work is cited. Through this license, the readers, researchers, educators, and practitioners are free to build on what has been published to use it in academic, teaching, and non-commercial ways. Through its open licensing model, IJBSA guarantees maximum dissemination and effects of the scholarly research.
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The International Journal of Business and Social Analytics (IJBSA) accepts the copyright of the work of its authors. In submission and publication in IJBSA, the authors grant the journal the first publication right and the non-exclusive right to distribute the work in any format and medium. The authors also allow their work to be indexed, archived, and distributed by international databases and repositories. Reuse must be properly credited with authorship and original publication in IJBSA as intellectual property and academic integrity should be maintained.
