JESS (Journal of Education on Social Science), published by the Faculty of Social Science, Universitas Negeri Padang, Indonesia, is committed to the immediate and free online availability of its published scholarly articles. The journal supports broad access to knowledge in education and the social sciences and encourages responsible reuse in accordance with each article's applicable license.

Open access at JESS means that readers can access the published full text without a subscription or payment. Copyright ownership, reuse permissions, and publication-related charges are addressed separately below.

JESS considers the accessibility of scholarly research an important foundation for scientific communication, academic collaboration, educational development, and evidence-informed public decision-making. Removing financial barriers to reading allows research to reach scholars, teachers, students, policymakers, practitioners, and the wider public.

The journal aims to increase the visibility and potential impact of peer-reviewed scholarship while maintaining research integrity and rigorous editorial assessment.

Published articles are accessible through the official JESS website immediately upon publication. Readers are not required to pay subscription fees, pay-per-view charges, or article access fees to read or download the published full text.

No embargo is imposed on access to articles on the journal website. Free reader access must not be confused with the journal's separately disclosed Article Processing Charge for authors.

Articles explicitly identified as being published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) may be shared and adapted in any medium or format, including for commercial purposes, provided the conditions of that license are met.

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For journal-specific provisions, consult Right and Licenses .

JESS supports the responsible sharing of research through institutional repositories, disciplinary repositories, academic websites, and other scholarly platforms where permitted by the relevant article license.

When depositing a published article, authors should identify JESS as the original publication venue, preserve its citation and license notice, and provide a DOI or permanent URL.

Repository records should distinguish the submitted manuscript, accepted manuscript, and published version, as applicable.

For material published under CC BY 4.0, redistribution of the licensed material is permitted without a license-imposed embargo, subject to applicable third-party rights.

JESS encourages the lawful use of openly licensed research in teaching, literature reviews, scholarly presentations, research synthesis, and evidence-informed policy discussions.

Users who summarize, interpret, translate, or adapt findings should represent the original research accurately, indicate modifications where required, and avoid implying endorsement by the authors or journal.

Figures, photographs, maps, tables, questionnaires, excerpts, datasets, or other items credited to third parties may be subject to separate copyright and licensing conditions.

Such items are not necessarily covered by an article's Creative Commons license.

Users must review credit lines and rights notices and obtain additional permission when required.

Authors are responsible for securing necessary permissions before publication.

JESS distinguishes free reader access from author-side publication charges. The following amounts should be read together with the current official Publication Fee policy.

Authors should verify the latest information before submission or payment.

Publication fees must be communicated transparently and must not determine editorial decisions.

See the official Publication Fee page for payment and administrative information.

Open-access publication does not reduce JESS's expectations for scholarly quality, research ethics, or independent peer review.

Editorial decisions should be based on academic merit, originality, relevance, methodological soundness, and ethical compliance.

Payment of an Article Processing Charge does not guarantee acceptance, and publication-fee arrangements must not influence reviewer recommendations or independent editorial judgment.

Open access facilitates discovery, citation, indexing, and reuse of scholarly literature.

JESS encourages responsible linking to official article pages and accurate citation of the published record.

Computational research, including text analysis of licensed content, should comply with applicable copyright licenses, privacy obligations, website security requirements, and other relevant laws.

Open access to an article does not automatically make all underlying research data available for unrestricted public use.

Interview transcripts, confidential documents, identifiable participant information, and separately licensed datasets may be subject to consent, ethics, privacy, and legal restrictions.

Authors should clearly identify any distinct reuse conditions applicable to supplemental files, research data, software, and other research materials.

Open access does not prevent JESS from correcting the published record.

Corrections, expressions of concern, and retractions may be issued when appropriate under the journal's publication-ethics procedures.

Readers and repository managers should check whether an article has been corrected or retracted and maintain links to any associated notices where technically possible.

This statement is informed by widely recognized principles for transparent scholarly publishing and clearly communicated open-access, copyright, and licensing information.

• Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• DOAJ Guide to Applying
• Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing

Related JESS policies:

• Right and Licenses
• Publication Ethics
• Publication Fee
• Archiving Policy
• Author Guidelines

For questions about access to published articles, reuse permissions, copyright, licensing, or publication charges, contact the editorial office.

JESS Editorial Office

Faculty of Social Science
Universitas Negeri Padang
Jl. Prof. Dr. Hamka, Air Tawar
Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia

Email: journaljessfis@gmail.com

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