Open Access Policy

The African Journal of Advanced Pure and Applied Sciences (AJAPAS) is committed to promoting the widespread dissemination of scientific knowledge through its open-access publishing model. This policy ensures that all research articles, review articles, and short communications published in AJAPAS are freely and immediately accessible to a global audience, without any subscription barriers or paywalls.

Our open access policy aligns with the principle that scientific research should be available to everyone, everywhere, fostering greater visibility, accessibility, and impact of published work. By removing financial and permission barriers, AJAPAS aims to:

  1. Maximize Research Visibility and Impact: Open access ensures that published research can be read, downloaded, cited, and shared by researchers, educators, policymakers, and the general public worldwide, leading to broader knowledge exchange and increased citations for authors' work.
  2. Facilitate Global Collaboration: Free access to research findings promotes collaboration among scientists across different institutions and countries, accelerating the pace of scientific discovery.
  3. Support Education and Innovation: Openly available research serves as a valuable resource for educational purposes and supports innovation by providing accessible foundational knowledge for further research and development.
  4. Enhance Public Engagement: By making research findings freely available, AJAPAS contributes to public understanding of science and encourages informed decision-making.

All articles published in AJAPAS are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, allowing for the unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. This means that authors retain copyright of their work, while granting others the right to use, reproduce, and distribute the article, as long as appropriate credit is given to the original authors and AJAPAS.

For more information about AJAPAS's open-access commitment, please visit our website at https://aaasjournals.com/index.php/ajapas/index or contact us via email at ajapas.editor@gmail.com.