Open Access Policy

LEX POLICY: Journal of Law, Public Policy and Justice provides immediate open access to all of its published content. The journal believes that making scholarly research freely available to the public supports a wider and more equitable exchange of knowledge and enhances the visibility, accessibility, dissemination, and potential impact of academic work.

All articles published in LEX POLICY are made available online immediately upon publication without any embargo period. Readers are not required to pay subscription or access fees to read, download, or access the full text of published articles.

The journal supports the principle that scholarly knowledge should be accessible not only to researchers and academic institutions, but also to students, legal practitioners, policymakers, government institutions, regulatory authorities, civil society organizations, development professionals, and the wider public.

Open access is intended to facilitate the dissemination of research and scholarly discussion concerning law, public policy, justice, governance, energy, environment, sustainable development, and related interdisciplinary fields at national and international levels.

Immediate Open Access

LEX POLICY does not apply an embargo period to published articles. Once an article has been formally published on the journal website, its full text becomes immediately available to readers worldwide.

Readers may access published articles without registration, subscription, institutional access, or payment of access fees.

Access to Published Content

Published articles may be freely read and downloaded from the journal website. The journal seeks to reduce barriers to scholarly communication and to ensure that research findings can be accessed by both academic and non-academic audiences.

Open availability of published content is intended to support scholarly communication, education, policy development, professional practice, public understanding, and further research.

Reuse of Published Content

Published content may be accessed, shared, and reused in accordance with the license applied by the journal. Such reuse must comply with the applicable licensing terms and include appropriate attribution to the original authors and source.

Detailed provisions concerning copyright, licensing, author rights, and permitted reuse are provided separately in the Copyright and Licensing policy.

Purpose of Open Access

Through its open-access policy, LEX POLICY seeks to support the advancement and dissemination of knowledge in law, public policy, justice, governance, energy, environment, and sustainable development.

The journal aims to:

  • increase the accessibility and visibility of scholarly research;
  • encourage national and international academic dialogue;
  • support the dissemination of research findings to policymakers, practitioners, institutions, and wider society;
  • facilitate the use of scholarly research in legal development, regulatory reform, governance, public policy, and professional practice;
  • promote broader circulation and discoverability of published research; and
  • contribute to an inclusive and equitable scholarly communication environment.

Open Access and Author Charges

Open access to articles published in LEX POLICY does not require readers to pay subscription or access fees.

The journal's policy regarding fees charged to authors, including Article Processing Charges (APCs), is provided separately on the Author Fees page.