Open Access Policy

The International Journal of Engineering Research in Big Data Systems (IJERBDS) is committed to advancing the global exchange of scientific knowledge through a fully open-access publishing model. The journal believes that unrestricted access to scholarly research accelerates innovation, encourages interdisciplinary collaboration, and maximizes the societal and academic impact of research outcomes.

All content published in IJERBDS is made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication. Readers are not required to pay subscription fees, registration charges, or access costs to view published articles.

Commitment to Open Knowledge

IJERBDS supports the principle that scientific and technological research should be accessible to researchers, educators, students, professionals, policymakers, and the public worldwide.

Through its open-access publishing framework, the journal seeks to:

  • Enhance the global reach of scholarly research.
  • Facilitate rapid dissemination of scientific discoveries.
  • Encourage international academic collaboration.
  • Promote equitable access to research regardless of geographic or economic limitations.
  • Increase the visibility and academic impact of published work.
  • Support knowledge transfer between academia, industry, and society.

Reader Access Rights

All users are permitted to:

  • Read published articles without restriction.
  • Download and save article files for scholarly use.
  • Print articles for educational and research purposes.
  • Share article links with colleagues and institutions.
  • Cite published content in accordance with accepted academic practices.
  • Utilize published research for non-commercial educational and scientific purposes with appropriate attribution.

No subscription, membership, or institutional access is required to access journal content.

Author Rights and Ownership

Authors retain ownership of the intellectual content of their work.

Upon publication, authors grant IJERBDS a non-exclusive license to publish, display, archive, preserve, and distribute the accepted version of the manuscript through the journal website and related scholarly communication channels.

Authors remain free to:

  • Deposit published articles in institutional repositories.
  • Archive articles in subject-based repositories.
  • Share publications through personal websites and academic profiles.
  • Include published work in theses, dissertations, books, and academic portfolios.
  • Use their articles for teaching, training, and professional presentations.

Licensing Framework

Published articles may be distributed under the journal's designated open-access license as specified at the time of publication.

The licensing framework is intended to encourage lawful sharing, academic reuse, citation, and dissemination of research while ensuring appropriate recognition of authorship and source publication.

Users must provide proper acknowledgment to the original author(s) and the journal whenever content is reused, referenced, or redistributed.

Research Visibility and Discoverability

Open access significantly improves the accessibility and discoverability of scholarly publications. By removing access barriers, IJERBDS supports broader readership, greater research engagement, and increased opportunities for academic citation and knowledge exchange.

The journal actively promotes the dissemination of published content through scholarly communication channels, academic search platforms, library discovery systems, research repositories, and other mechanisms that enhance research visibility.

Publication Support and Processing

To sustain editorial operations, manuscript management, online publication infrastructure, digital preservation, and journal development activities, publication-related fees may apply where announced by the journal.

Any applicable publication charges are communicated transparently through official journal channels before publication decisions are finalized.

Digital Preservation and Accessibility

IJERBDS is committed to maintaining the long-term accessibility of published scholarly content. Articles are preserved through digital archiving practices, secure storage infrastructure, routine backups, and preservation mechanisms designed to support continued availability of the scholarly record.

The journal continuously works toward ensuring reliable access to published content for current and future generations of researchers.

Open Access Statement

IJERBDS supports unrestricted scholarly communication and believes that publicly accessible research contributes to scientific progress, technological innovation, educational development, and evidence-based decision-making. The journal remains dedicated to providing a sustainable, transparent, and globally accessible platform for the dissemination of high-quality research in Big Data Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Engineering, and Emerging Technologies.

International Journal of Engineering Research in Big Data Systems (IJERBDS)

Publisher: Wissira Research Lab

Publication Model: Fully Open Access

Access: Immediate and Free Online Availability

Subject Focus: Big Data Systems, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Engineering Research, and Emerging Digital Technologies