# Open Access Policy

**The Unjournal** (ISSN 3071-2173) is fully committed to open access. All content we publish is freely and immediately available to anyone, anywhere, without barriers.

## What we publish openly

All of the following are published openly on [unjournal.pubpub.org](https://unjournal.pubpub.org) with individual DOIs:

* **Expert evaluations** of research papers and projects
* **Quantitative ratings** across multiple dimensions (overall assessment, methods, evidence, relevance, and more)
* **Author responses** to evaluations
* **Evaluation manager summaries** providing editorial context

There are no subscription fees, no paywalls, no registration requirements, and no embargo periods. Content is available immediately upon publication.

## Licensing

All Unjournal publications are released under a **Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0)** license. This means anyone is free to:

* **Share** — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
* **Adapt** — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, including commercially

...provided appropriate credit is given.

## Copyright

Authors and evaluators **retain full copyright** over their contributions. By publishing with The Unjournal, contributors grant a non-exclusive license to publish under CC BY 4.0. Contributors may freely:

* Self-archive any version (preprint, postprint, or published version)
* Republish their work elsewhere
* Reuse their content without restriction

## Identifiers and indexing

* **ISSN:** 3071-2173
* **DOI prefix:** 10.21428 (registered with Crossref)
* All publications receive individual DOIs and are indexed in scholarly databases including OpenAlex and Crossref

## Archiving and preservation

Publications are hosted on PubPub, operated by the Knowledge Futures Group. We are exploring long-term digital preservation through services such as CLOCKSS and LOCKSS.

## Fees

The Unjournal charges **no fees** to authors, researchers, or readers. There are no article processing charges (APCs), no submission fees, and no access fees. We pay our evaluators for their work — authors and readers never pay.

## Contact

For questions about our open access policies, contact <contact@unjournal.org>.
