Copyright, Licensing, and Open Access Policy

Journal Policies

Copyright, Licensing & Open Access Policy

 
SFREMS

Overview

 

The Sapientia Filipina: Review of Education and Multidisciplinary Studies (SFREMS) is committed to promoting the unrestricted dissemination of high-quality scholarly research through a fully open-access publishing model. The journal believes that research should be freely accessible to researchers, educators, practitioners, policymakers, students, and the public to maximize the visibility, accessibility, and impact of scholarly knowledge across education and multidisciplinary disciplines.

SFREMS ensures that all published articles are immediately and permanently available online without subscription fees, registration requirements, or paywalls. The journal supports responsible knowledge sharing while protecting authors' intellectual property rights through transparent copyright and licensing policies consistent with internationally recognized standards for open-access publishing.

 

Authors publishing in the Sapientia Filipina: Review of Education and Multidisciplinary Studies (SFREMS) retain full copyright ownership of their scholarly work.

Publication in the journal does not require authors to transfer copyright to the journal or publisher.

Upon publication, authors grant SFREMS a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual license to:

 
Publish and disseminate the article in electronic and print formats;
 
Archive, preserve, and distribute the published work;
 
Register Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs), where applicable;
 
Include the article in indexing and abstracting services;
 
Promote and preserve the published scholarly record;
 
Identify SFREMS as the original publisher of the work.

Because the publishing license is non-exclusive, authors remain free to exercise their copyright without restriction while acknowledging the original publication in SFREMS.

 

Author Rights

 

Authors retain the right to:

 
Reuse all or part of their published work in future scholarly publications;
 
Include the article in books, dissertations, theses, reports, or teaching materials;
 
Deposit the published Version of Record in institutional or disciplinary repositories;
 
Share the published article through personal websites, institutional webpages, academic networking platforms, and scholarly repositories;
 
Present the work at conferences, seminars, and professional meetings;
 
Receive appropriate attribution whenever their work is reused.

These rights remain with the authors following publication.

 

Open Access Policy

 

SFREMS operates as a fully Open Access journal.

Accordingly:

 
All published articles are immediately and permanently accessible upon publication;
 
Readers may access the full text without subscription fees or registration;
 
No embargo period is applied;
 
There are no paywalls restricting access to published research;
 
Published articles remain freely available to the global scholarly community.

The journal supports equitable access to scholarly knowledge for research, education, professional practice, policymaking, and public benefit.

 

Licensing

 

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

Full license information is available at:

creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Under the CC BY 4.0 License, users are free to:

Share

 
Copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format;
 
Use the material for educational, research, professional, governmental, commercial, or other lawful purposes.

Adapt

 
Remix;
 
Transform;
 
Translate;
 
Build upon the material;
 
Create derivative works for any purpose, including commercial use.

These permissions are irrevocable provided that the license terms are respected.

 

License Conditions

 

Users reusing published material must:

Attribution

Provide appropriate credit to:

 
The original author(s);
 
The journal as the original source of publication.

Users must also:

 
Cite the original publication;
 
Include a link to the CC BY 4.0 License;
 
Clearly indicate whether modifications have been made.

Attribution must not imply endorsement by the authors or the journal.

No Additional Restrictions

Users may not apply legal, contractual, or technological measures that restrict others from exercising the rights granted under the CC BY 4.0 License.

 

Reader Rights

 

Readers may freely:

 
Read published articles;
 
Download full-text articles;
 
Print or distribute published works;
 
Cite and reference articles;
 
Translate, adapt, or build upon published material;
 
Incorporate published content into educational resources, policy documents, professional practice, and other lawful scholarly activities.

No additional permission from the authors or the journal is required for uses permitted under the CC BY 4.0 License.

 

Repository and Self-Archiving Policy

 

Authors are encouraged to maximize the visibility and impact of their research by depositing the published Version of Record in:

 
Institutional repositories;
 
Subject-specific repositories;
 
Government repositories;
 
Personal academic websites;
 
University webpages;
 
Academic networking platforms, where permitted by platform policies.

Authors should acknowledge SFREMS as the original publisher and provide the article's DOI or permanent publication link where available.

 

Third-Party Materials

 

Authors are responsible for obtaining appropriate permissions for any third-party materials included in their manuscripts when such permissions are required.

Third-party materials may include:

 
Figures;
 
Tables;
 
Photographs;
 
Maps;
 
Illustrations;
 
Multimedia content;
 
Extensive quotations;
 
Copyrighted datasets;
 
Educational materials;
 
Other protected works.

Authors must ensure that:

 
Appropriate permissions have been obtained prior to submission;
 
Copyright holders are properly acknowledged;
 
Restrictions on reuse are clearly identified where applicable.
 

Preservation of the Scholarly Record

 

SFREMS is committed to maintaining the long-term accessibility and integrity of published scholarship.

Published articles may be:

 
Archived through trusted digital preservation services;
 
Registered with persistent identifiers;
 
Included in indexing and abstracting databases;
 
Preserved in institutional and digital repositories.

These practices help ensure the permanent availability of scholarly content.

 

Commitment to Open Scholarship

 

The Sapientia Filipina: Review of Education and Multidisciplinary Studies (SFREMS) is dedicated to advancing open scholarship by promoting unrestricted access to high-quality research while protecting authors' intellectual property rights. Through its adoption of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License, transparent copyright policies, and fully open-access publishing model, the journal supports global collaboration, responsible knowledge sharing, increased research visibility, and the ethical dissemination of scholarly work across education and multidisciplinary fields.

 

Alignment with International Standards

 

This Copyright, Licensing, and Open Access Policy has been developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles of open-access publishing, copyright management, publication ethics, and responsible scholarly communication and is aligned with:

COPE

Committee on Publication Ethics

Core Practices

Guidance on copyright, publication ethics, editorial responsibility, and responsible scholarly publishing.

publicationethics.org →
DOAJ

Directory of Open Access Journals

Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing

Requirements for transparent copyright ownership, licensing, author rights, open-access policies, and ethical publishing practices.

doaj.org/apply/guide →

SFREMS periodically reviews and updates this Copyright, Licensing, and Open Access Policy to ensure continued alignment with evolving international standards for publication ethics, open-access publishing, research integrity, editorial transparency, and responsible scholarly communication.

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