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.

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SFREMS operates as a fully Open Access journal.

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These practices help ensure the permanent availability of scholarly content.

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.

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:

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.