Open Access Policy

Open Access Policy

The World Journal of Future Technologies in Computer Science and Engineering (WJFTCSE) is committed to promoting unrestricted access to scholarly knowledge through a fully Open Access publishing model. The journal believes that scientific research should be freely available to researchers, educators, students, policymakers, industry professionals, and the global public without financial, legal, or technical barriers.

WJFTCSE follows internationally recognized principles of responsible Open Access publishing by ensuring that all accepted articles become permanently available online immediately after publication. The journal promotes transparency, accessibility, long-term preservation, ethical publishing, and responsible dissemination of scholarly research while respecting intellectual property rights and publication ethics.

1. Gold Open Access Publishing Model

WJFTCSE operates under the Gold Open Access publishing model. Under this model, every accepted article is published online with unrestricted public access immediately upon publication.

Readers throughout the world may freely:

  • Read full-text articles without subscription.
  • Download published manuscripts.
  • Print articles for personal or academic use.
  • Share articles through academic networks and repositories.
  • Link directly to published articles.
  • Use published content for lawful educational and research purposes.

No subscription, registration, institutional login, or payment is required to access journal content.

2. Immediate Public Availability

All accepted manuscripts are made publicly available immediately after publication. WJFTCSE does not impose any embargo period on published content.

Every article remains continuously accessible to readers worldwide from the date of publication through the journal website and other scholarly dissemination platforms where applicable.

3. Creative Commons Licensing

Unless otherwise specified, articles published in WJFTCSE are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) License.

Under this licence, users may:

  • Read and download published articles.
  • Copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
  • Share articles through educational and research platforms.
  • Adapt, remix, translate, or build upon the published work for non-commercial purposes.
  • Use published material in teaching, academic presentations, and scholarly research.

These permissions are granted provided that:

  • Appropriate credit is given to the original author(s).
  • The journal is properly acknowledged as the original publisher.
  • A reference or link to the applicable Creative Commons licence is provided.
  • Any modifications made to the original work are clearly identified.
  • The material is not used for unlawful or misleading purposes.

Commercial reuse may require additional permission from the copyright holder where applicable.

4. Author Rights

Authors retain significant rights over their scholarly work while granting the journal a non-exclusive licence to publish, archive, preserve, index, reproduce, and disseminate the accepted manuscript.

Authors are encouraged to:

  • Deposit published articles in institutional repositories.
  • Share articles on personal or university websites.
  • Upload publications to academic networking platforms where permitted.
  • Use published work in books, theses, lectures, conference presentations, and future scholarly research with appropriate citation.

Authors remain responsible for ensuring that submitted work complies with applicable copyright laws and publication ethics.

5. Article Processing Charges (APC)

To support editorial administration, peer review management, production, online publication, website maintenance, metadata preparation, digital preservation, and long-term accessibility, WJFTCSE applies an Article Processing Charge (APC) only after a manuscript has been formally accepted for publication.

The APC contributes toward:

  • Editorial processing.
  • Independent peer-review administration.
  • Professional copyediting and production.
  • Digital publishing infrastructure.
  • Website hosting and maintenance.
  • DOI registration (where applicable).
  • Long-term digital preservation.
  • Metadata management and scholarly dissemination.

The APC is communicated transparently through the journal website and does not influence editorial decisions, reviewer recommendations, or publication outcomes.

No manuscript is accepted or rejected on the basis of payment.

6. Editorial Independence

Editorial decisions are made solely on the basis of scholarly merit, originality, technical quality, ethical compliance, relevance to the journal's scope, and reviewer recommendations.

The payment of an APC does not guarantee acceptance, expedited review, or publication.

The peer-review process remains completely independent of financial considerations.

7. Digital Archiving and Long-Term Preservation

WJFTCSE is committed to ensuring the long-term preservation and accessibility of published scholarly content.

Published articles may be preserved through:

  • Publisher-maintained digital archives.
  • Institutional repositories.
  • Scholarly indexing and abstracting platforms where applicable.
  • Secure cloud-based backup systems.
  • Redundant digital preservation infrastructure.
  • Long-term metadata preservation mechanisms.

The journal continuously works toward maintaining the permanent accessibility and discoverability of its scholarly publications.

8. Copyright and Intellectual Property

Authors remain the intellectual creators of their scholarly work.

Through publication, authors grant WJFTCSE the necessary publishing rights to distribute, archive, preserve, and promote the article as part of the scholarly record.

Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyrighted material belonging to third parties.

The journal respects intellectual property rights and expects authors to comply fully with applicable copyright legislation.

9. Transparency and Ethical Publishing

WJFTCSE is committed to transparent scholarly publishing practices. Information regarding manuscript submission, editorial procedures, peer review, publication ethics, copyright, licensing, APCs, corrections, retractions, and editorial policies is made publicly available through the journal website.

The journal continually reviews its publishing practices to align with internationally recognized principles of research integrity, editorial transparency, and responsible scholarly communication.

10. Commitment to International Best Practices

WJFTCSE endeavors to operate in accordance with internationally accepted principles of scholarly publishing, publication ethics, editorial independence, transparency, responsible Open Access dissemination, and long-term digital preservation. The journal periodically reviews and updates its policies to reflect evolving international best practices, technological developments, and ethical standards within the global scholarly publishing community.