Open Access Policy

The Islamic Studies and Education Journal (ISEJ) is committed to the principles of open access and the broad dissemination of scholarly knowledge. The journal provides immediate and unrestricted access to all published articles, ensuring that research is freely available to readers worldwide without financial, legal, or technical barriers.

The journal believes that open access promotes the global exchange of knowledge, increases research visibility, and supports the advancement of education, scholarship, and innovation.

Immediate Open Access

All articles published in the Islamic Studies and Education Journal (ISEJ) are made freely and permanently available online immediately upon publication.

Readers may access, read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, and link to the full text of articles without subscription or payment, subject to the terms of the applicable license.

No embargo period is applied.

Author Rights

Authors retain the copyright to their work while granting the journal the right of first publication.

Authors may:

• share the published article through institutional repositories, personal websites, or academic networking platforms;
• use the published work for teaching, research, and other non-commercial scholarly purposes;
• distribute the article in accordance with the journal's licensing terms.

Licensing

Unless otherwise stated, articles published by the journal are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Under this license, users are permitted to:

• share the work in any medium or format;
• adapt, remix, transform, and build upon the work for any purpose, including commercial use,

provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s), a link to the license is provided, and any changes made are clearly indicated.

The full license terms are available at:

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Access and Reuse

Readers and third parties are encouraged to use published articles responsibly.

Any reuse of published material must provide appropriate attribution to the original authors and the journal in accordance with the applicable Creative Commons license.

Long-Term Accessibility

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

Information regarding digital preservation and archiving is available on the Archiving Policy page.

Compliance with International Standards

The journal's open access policy is developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles of scholarly communication and supports the wider dissemination and responsible reuse of academic research.