Open Access & Copyright Policy

Open Access Policy

The International Journal of Infrastructure Research and Management (IJIRM) is a fully open access journal. All articles published in IJIRM are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication.

IJIRM operates under the principles of unrestricted dissemination of scientific knowledge. Readers may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles without asking prior permission from the publisher or the authors, provided proper attribution is given.

License

All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Under this license, users are permitted to:

  • Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format

  • Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially

Under the following condition:

  • Attribution — appropriate credit must be given, a link to the license must be provided, and indication of changes (if any) must be made.

More information about this license can be found at:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

IJIRM does not impose any subscription charges for readers.

Copyright Policy

Copyright Ownership

Authors retain copyright of their published articles.

Upon acceptance, authors grant IJIRM a non-exclusive license to publish and distribute the work under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Author Rights

Authors retain the right to:

  • Share their article on personal websites and institutional repositories

  • Use the article in future books or derivative works

  • Distribute copies for educational or academic purposes

Third-Party Material

Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for any copyrighted third-party material included in their manuscripts.

Archiving Policy

IJIRM permits authors to deposit:

  • The published version (Version of Record)

  • The accepted manuscript

in institutional repositories, subject repositories, and personal websites without embargo.