Open Access Policy

Jurnal Sosial Humaniora (JSH) is a fully open-access, peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by Surya Buana Consulting. The journal is committed to promoting the unrestricted dissemination of scholarly knowledge and facilitating equitable access to research in the social sciences and humanities.

1. Immediate and Free Access

JSH provides immediate open access to all published articles, ensuring that research findings are freely available to the global academic community and the general public without subscription fees, access charges, registration requirements, or embargo periods.

Readers are permitted to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, and link to the full texts of published articles, as well as use the materials for lawful scholarly and other purposes in accordance with the applicable Creative Commons license.

2. Open Access Licensing

All articles published in JSH are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Under this license, users are permitted to:

  • Share: Copy and redistribute published materials in any medium or format, including for commercial purposes.
  • Adapt: Remix, transform, translate, and build upon published materials for any purpose, including commercial purposes.
  • Attribute: Give appropriate credit to the original authors, provide a link to the license, and indicate whether any modifications have been made.
  • ShareAlike: Distribute adaptations under the same license or a Creative Commons-approved compatible license.

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

Further information about the license is available at: Creative Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 .

3. Copyright and Author Rights

Authors who publish in JSH retain the copyright to their scholarly works while granting the journal the right of first publication under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Authors retain the right to enter into separate, additional non-exclusive agreements for the distribution of the published version of their articles, including depositing their work in institutional repositories, incorporating it into books, or sharing it through personal or academic websites, provided that the original publication in JSH is properly acknowledged.

4. Self-Archiving and Repository Policy

JSH supports and encourages authors to disseminate their scholarly work through institutional repositories, subject repositories, personal academic websites, and other legitimate scholarly platforms.

Authors may deposit and share preprints, accepted manuscripts, and published versions of their articles, provided that applicable third-party rights and publication requirements are respected.

When sharing the published version, authors are encouraged to include the complete bibliographic citation, DOI, and a link to the original article on the JSH website.

5. Third-Party Materials and Responsible Reuse

The Creative Commons license applies to the original scholarly content for which the authors or other rights holders have granted the applicable permissions.

Third-party materials, including images, figures, photographs, or other copyrighted content that are not covered by the article's Creative Commons license, remain subject to their respective copyright conditions.

Authors are responsible for obtaining the necessary permissions for third-party materials included in their manuscripts. Users wishing to reuse such materials must comply with the applicable copyright and licensing requirements.

6. Commitment to Open Scholarly Communication

JSH recognizes open access as an essential mechanism for strengthening scholarly communication, research visibility, knowledge exchange, and the public dissemination of scientific findings.

The journal applies its open-access policy equally to articles published in Bahasa Indonesia and English, supporting inclusive participation among Indonesian and international scholars.

Through this policy, JSH seeks to enhance the accessibility, discoverability, and responsible reuse of scholarly research while respecting authors' intellectual property rights and maintaining the integrity of academic publishing.