Open Access Policy

1. Open Access Statement

Wacana Equiliberium (Jurnal Pemikiran Penelitian Ekonomi), published by Universitas Islam Madura and managed by the Faculty of Economics, Universitas Islam Madura, is committed to promoting the broad dissemination, accessibility, and responsible reuse of scholarly knowledge.

The journal operates under an immediate open access publishing model. All published articles are freely available to readers worldwide without subscription fees, registration requirements, or embargo periods.

This policy supports the principle that unrestricted access to scientific research contributes to knowledge dissemination, academic collaboration, and the advancement of research in economics, accounting, finance, management, and related disciplines.

2. Open Access Licensing

The journal adopts the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) for articles published under this licensing policy.

Under this license, readers and other users are permitted to:

  • Read, download, copy, and distribute published articles.

  • Share and redistribute articles in any medium or format.

  • Reproduce and republish articles with appropriate attribution.

  • Translate, adapt, remix, and transform published materials.

  • Use articles for educational, research, and commercial purposes.

  • Conduct text and data mining, subject to applicable legal and ethical requirements.

  • Incorporate material into other scholarly works, provided appropriate attribution is given.

These permissions apply without requiring additional permission from the copyright holder, provided that the terms of the applicable Creative Commons license are respected.

The license permits adaptations without requiring the resulting works to be distributed under the same license. However, the original material remains subject to its applicable CC BY 4.0 license.

Full license information is available at:

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

3. Attribution Requirements

Users who reproduce, distribute, or adapt published content must provide appropriate acknowledgment of the original authors and source of publication.

Attribution should include, where reasonably practicable:

  • The names of the original authors.

  • The title of the published article.

  • The name of the journal.

  • The original article DOI or permanent publication URL.

  • A reference or link to the applicable Creative Commons license.

  • An indication of whether modifications have been made.

Attribution must not imply that the original authors, editors, or publisher endorse the reuse or adaptation.

Users must not impose additional legal or technological restrictions that prevent others from exercising the rights granted by the applicable license.

4. Copyright and Author Rights

Authors retain copyright in their original scholarly works.

By publishing in Wacana Equiliberium, authors grant the journal a non-exclusive right of first publication and permission to publish, distribute, disseminate, and preserve the published version of their articles.

The journal's publication arrangements do not require authors to transfer copyright ownership to the publisher.

Authors may distribute their work through institutional repositories, personal websites, academic networks, and other appropriate scholarly platforms, subject to the applicable license and acknowledgment of the original publication.

Detailed provisions are available in the journal's Copyright Notice and Licensing Policy.

5. Self-Archiving and Repository Deposit

Wacana Equiliberium supports authors' rights to deposit and share their scholarly manuscripts and published articles through appropriate academic repositories.

Authors may share preprints, accepted manuscripts, and published versions, subject to any applicable third-party rights and the licensing terms of the relevant versions.

When distributing the published version, authors are encouraged to provide a complete citation and a link to the article's official journal page or DOI.

No additional embargo is imposed by the journal on the sharing of articles published under CC BY 4.0.

6. Third-Party Materials and Licensing Transparency

The Creative Commons license applies to original material for which the relevant rights have been granted.

Third-party photographs, figures, datasets, copyrighted illustrations, or other materials that are excluded from the article's Creative Commons license must be clearly identified, together with their applicable copyright and reuse conditions.

Authors are responsible for obtaining necessary permissions for third-party materials included in their manuscripts.

The journal is committed to presenting accurate and consistent licensing information on its website, article landing pages, and publication metadata.

For previously published articles, the license applicable to each article should be determined from its publication record and accompanying rights information.

7. Policy Review

The journal periodically reviews its open access arrangements to maintain clarity, transparency, and consistency with recognized scholarly publishing practices.

Any changes to licensing arrangements will be communicated transparently and applied in accordance with applicable copyright obligations and existing publication agreements.