Open Access Policy

IJEFA is committed to the principle of Open Access, ensuring that all published research is freely and permanently available to readers worldwide without financial, legal or technical barriers. The journal believes that providing immediate and unrestricted access to scientific knowledge promotes a broader global exchange of ideas, accelerates research development, supports evidence-based decision-making and increases the impact of scholarly work.

All articles published in IJEFA are:

•         Freely accessible immediately upon publication.

•         Available without subscription or registration fees.

•         Accessible to researchers, academics, practitioners, students, policymakers and the general public worldwide.

•         Published without any embargo period.

Readers are permitted to:

•         Read the full text of all published articles.

•         Download articles for personal or academic use.

•         Copy and distribute the published work.

•         Print and share articles with others.

•         Cite and link to the published content.

•         Use the articles for educational and research purposes, provided appropriate acknowledgment is given to the original authors and the journal.

Authors retain the copyright to their published work while granting IJEFA the right to publish and disseminate the article as the original publisher. Unless otherwise stated, articles are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and the source.