Open Access Policy

Open Access Policy

The Journal of Vocational Education Studies (JOVES) provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. All articles published in Open Access will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download. We are continuously working with our author communities to select the best license options, defined for this journal as the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA 4.0).

Under this open license, anyone is permitted to:

  • Share: Copy, redistribute, and transmit the material in any medium or format.

  • Adapt: Remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.

Under the following conditions:

  • Attribution: Users must give appropriate credit, provide a direct link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. Credit must be given in a reasonable manner that does not suggest the licensor endorses the user or their use.

  • ShareAlike: If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.