Open Access Policy
Tikrit Journal for Agricultural Sciences (TJAS)
1. Open Access Statement
Tikrit Journal for Agricultural Sciences (TJAS) is a fully Open Access journal. All articles published in the journal are freely and permanently available online immediately upon publication, without subscription, registration, or embargo.
Readers are permitted to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles, provided that proper citation of the original work is maintained.
2. Licensing
All published content in TJAS is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) . This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium for lawful purposes, provided the original work is properly cited. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
3. Author Rights
- Authors retain full copyright and intellectual ownership of their work.
- By publishing in TJAS, authors grant the journal a non-exclusive right to publish and disseminate the article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- Authors may archive the final published version in institutional or personal repositories immediately after publication.
4. Publication Charges
TJAS provides free and unrestricted access to all published content.
- No submission fees
- Article Processing Charges (APCs), if applicable, are clearly stated on the journal website.
- Fee waivers or reductions may be granted in justified cases, in accordance with the journal’s APC policy.
5. Archiving and Preservation
- All articles are permanently available on the official journal website.
- Content is archived in recognized institutional repositories.
- Each article is assigned a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to ensure persistent linking and citation.
6. Ethical and Editorial Standards
- The journal follows the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines.
- All manuscripts undergo a double-blind peer-review process.
- Editorial decisions are based solely on scientific merit and relevance.
7. No Embargo Policy
TJAS operates a No Embargo Policy, ensuring immediate open access to all articles upon publication without delay.