Open Access Policy

Open Access Policy 

Literary Voice is committed to the principles of Open Access and provides immediate, unrestricted access to its content to support the global exchange of knowledge. The journal adheres to the belief that making research freely available to the public enhances the dissemination and impact of scholarly work. All published research articles are freely accessible on the journal’s website without any barriers, allowing users to “read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to the full texts of articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose.” 

Literary Voice supports the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) and aligns with its recommendations to promote Open Access. The journal’s Open Access policies are consistent with the BOAI’s principles, which can be accessed here:  https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/

Licensing 

All research articles published in Literary Voice are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). This license permits users to: 

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

- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material. 

Under the following terms: 

- Attribution — Users must give appropriate credit to the author(s), provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. This must be done in a reasonable manner but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses the user or their use. 

- NonCommercial — The material must not be used for commercial purposes. 

Green Open Access Policy 

Literary Voice follows the Green Open Access Policy, allowing authors to self-archive their published work in institutional repositories or other platforms, provided proper attribution is given to the original publication in Literary Voice. 

By adopting these policies, Literary Voice aims to enhance the global value of research and ensure that knowledge is accessible to all, fostering greater collaboration and innovation in the scholarly community.