Sinop University Social Sciences Journal

1. Introduction

Sinop University Social Sciences Journal is committed to the principles of open access to promote the dissemination of high-quality research in social sciences. Our open access policy ensures that all published content is freely available to researchers, scholars, students, and the public worldwide without financial, legal, or technical barriers.

2. Licensing and Copyright

All articles published in SUSSJ are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, which allows users to share, copy, distribute, and adapt the work, provided proper credit is given to the original author(s) and the journal.

3. Accessibility

 Open Access Policy relevant to the declaration of Budapest Open Access Initiative on February 14th, 2002 in Budapest, Hungary. In the declaration, open access was described as:

"By "open access" to this literature, we mean its free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself."

In the frame of the Budapest Open Access Initiative, Sinop University Journal of Social Sciences, agrees that the only constraint on reproduction and distribution, and the only role for copyright in this domain, should be to give authors control over the integrity of their work and the right to be properly acknowledged and cited.
All articles are made available immediately upon publication without any embargo period.

No subscription fees or paywalls are required to access published content.

Authors retain full copyright of their work while granting the journal the right to publish and distribute it under the CC BY license.https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read 

4. Archiving and Preservation

The journal ensures long-term digital preservation of all published content through institutional repositories and recognized archiving services.

Articles are assigned Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) to ensure permanent availability and citation.

5. Author Fees

SUSSJ does not charge any article processing charges (APCs) or submission fees, ensuring that authors from all backgrounds have the opportunity to publish their research without financial constraints.

6. Compliance with Open Access Standards

The journal adheres to the open access guidelines set by Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and other indexing bodies.

All research published aligns with the principles of open knowledge sharing and academic transparency.

7. Benefits of Open Access

Enhances the visibility and impact of research. Promotes knowledge exchange and interdisciplinary collaboration. Supports global access to scholarly research, including in underprivileged regions.

For further inquiries, please contact the editorial office of Sinop University Social Sciences Journal at syazici@sinop.edu.tr or visit our website at https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/sinopus.