AL-Anbar University journal of Economic and Administration Sciences

1. Commitment to International Principles

Anbar University Journal for Economics and Administration Sciences (AUJEAS) is fully committed to the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI 2002), which established the global foundation for free and unrestricted access to scientific knowledge. The journal affirms that scholarly research should be accessible to everyone without financial, legal, or technical barriers. AUJEAS aligns its policies with the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) standards, as per the 2025 application guide, and the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA) guidelines, while strictly adhering to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) principles to enhance transparency and integrity.

2. Definition of Full Open Access

All articles published in AUJEAS are fully open access, meaning they are freely available to read, download, copy, distribute, and reuse without registration or subscription fees and with no embargo period, provided the original source is properly cited.

3. Licensing

All content is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). This license allows for the reuse and redistribution of the material for any lawful purpose, ensuring that proper credit is given to the original author.

4. Author Rights

Authors retain full copyright and intellectual property rights over their work. By publishing in AUJEAS, authors grant the journal a non-exclusive right to publish the work under the CC BY 4.0 license. Authors are also permitted to self-archive the final version of their manuscripts in institutional repositories immediately upon publication.

5. Transparency and Publication Charges

AUJEAS provides free access to all its research papers. Article Processing Charges (APCs) are applied to authors only to cover technical production costs. The journal offers a waiver or discount policy for authors from low-income countries to ensure equal publishing opportunities.

6. Archiving and Preservation

All articles are permanently archived via the journal’s official website and the University of Anbar’s digital repository to ensure long-term preservation. Each research paper is assigned a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to ensure persistent linking and citation.

7. Endogeny Policy

To maintain editorial independence, AUJEAS limits endogeny (articles authored by editorial board members or their affiliates) to no more than 10% per issue. Furthermore, the policy prevents authors from publishing in consecutive issues to ensure academic diversity and fairness.

8. Embargo Policy

AUJEAS follows a \"No Embargo\" policy. All articles are made available to the public online immediately upon publication without any delay.

9. Ethical Standards

The journal complies with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) standards and implements a double-blind peer-review system to ensure the highest levels of integrity and fairness in research evaluation.