Open Access Policy

IJTRM (International Journal of Technology Research and Management) is a fully open-access journal. This means every article we publish is freely available to read, download, and share immediately upon publication, with no subscription fees, no paywalls, and no registration barriers standing between researchers and published knowledge.

We believe research creates its greatest value when it is accessible to the people who need it, including students, educators, researchers, industry professionals, policymakers, and academic communities around the world. Open access is central to this principle and forms an important part of IJTRM's scholarly publishing model.

What Open Access Means for Readers

Anyone, anywhere, can access the full-text articles published in IJTRM at no cost. There is no institutional login required, no per-article payment, and no waiting or embargo period after publication. Readers are free to read, download, and print articles for personal, academic, educational, and research purposes in accordance with the applicable license terms.

What Open Access Means for Authors

Publishing open access with IJTRM enables authors' research to become accessible to a worldwide readership from the date of publication. Removing subscription barriers can increase opportunities for research discovery, readership, scholarly discussion, knowledge exchange, and potential citation.

Open access also enables researchers, educators, professionals, and institutions that may not have access to subscription databases to engage with published research.

Licensing and Reuse

Articles published in IJTRM are made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Under this license, users may copy, share, distribute, and adapt published material for non-commercial purposes, provided appropriate credit is given to the original author(s), the original publication is properly acknowledged, a link to the applicable license is provided where appropriate, and any modifications are clearly indicated.

Commercial use of published material is not permitted under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license and may require separate authorization from the applicable rights holder.

Copyright and Author Rights

Authors retain copyright in their published work, subject to the publishing agreement applicable to their article. Authors grant IJTRM the necessary rights to publish, distribute, display, preserve, and make the article publicly accessible under the journal's stated open-access license.

Authors may share and reuse their published work in accordance with the applicable license and publishing agreement, including through teaching materials, presentations, personal academic websites, and institutional or subject repositories, while appropriately acknowledging the original publication in IJTRM.

Archiving and Long-Term Access

IJTRM is committed to supporting the long-term availability, accessibility, and integrity of its published scholarly content. The journal seeks to preserve the scholarly record and maintain continued access to published articles in accordance with its digital preservation and archiving arrangements.

Additional information regarding preservation and long-term availability is provided separately in the journal's Archiving Policy.

Our Commitment

Through its open-access publishing model, IJTRM seeks to reduce unnecessary barriers between scholarly research and its readers. The journal supports accessible knowledge dissemination, responsible reuse, academic collaboration, research visibility, and the wider exchange of scholarly knowledge across geographical and institutional boundaries.