Open Access Statement

What is Open Access?

At GPH-International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research, we are committed to promoting open access to research. All articles published in our journal are freely accessible online, allowing anyone to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text of the articles without financial or legal barriers.

Our Open Access Policy

We publish under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction of articles, provided that the original author and source are properly credited.

Benefits of Open Access

Global Visibility: Research is freely available to a worldwide audience, increasing readership and citations.
Instant Access: No subscription or paywall restrictions; users can access research immediately upon publication.
Enhanced Collaboration: Open-access research fosters interdisciplinary collaboration and knowledge sharing.
Better Indexing: Articles are more likely to be indexed by search engines, leading to greater discoverability.
Public Benefit: Governments, policymakers, and the general public can access scholarly research for informed decision-making.

License & Copyright

All articles published in GPH-International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). This means:

Users can copy, distribute, display, and perform the work for non-commercial purposes.
Users must properly attribute the work to the original author and journal.
Users cannot use the content for commercial purposes without permission.

Indexing & Archiving

To ensure the long-term accessibility of published research, all articles in our journal are archived in reputable indexing databases and repositories. We are actively working towards inclusion in major indexing services such as Scopus, DOAJ, Google Scholar, and others.

How to Cite Open Access Articles?

Users who reuse content from our journal should provide proper attribution, including:

Author(s) name(s)
Article title
Journal name: GPH-International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
Volume, issue, and year of publication
DOI (if available)