Repository Policy

The Journal of Policy and Development Studies (JPDS) is a fully Open Access journal, committed to the broad dissemination of scholarly research.

  1. Self-Archiving & Institutional Repositories

    • Authors are encouraged to deposit their published articles in institutional repositories, subject-based repositories, personal websites, and academic social networks to enhance research visibility.
    • Articles published in Journal of Policy and Development Studies (JPDS) are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License, allowing unrestricted sharing and reuse with proper attribution.
    • When depositing their work, authors must always provide full citation details and a link to the official published version (DOI/URL).

  2. Preprint & Postprint (Author’s Accepted Manuscript - AAM) Policy

    • Preprints: Authors should not post pre-submission or preprint versions in repositories or public domains before or during the submission process.
    • Postprints (AAMs): Authors may deposit the accepted manuscript (AAM) version in a repository immediately after acceptance, provided it includes a link to the final published version.
    • Final Published Version (Version of Record - VoR): Authors are permitted to post the PDF version of the final published article in repositories without embargo after publication.

  3. Attribution & Citation

    • Any deposited or shared version must include:
      ✅ A full citation to the original publication in IJAR.
      ✅ A link to the final published version (DOI/URL).
      ✅ The statement: "This article was originally published in the Journal of Policy and Development Studies (JPDS) and is licensed under CC BY 4.0."

  4. Encouraging Citations & Impact Assessment

    • To maximise research impact, authors should ensure their deposited work includes a direct link to the official published version, facilitating accurate citation tracking.
    • Authors are encouraged to use ORCID, ResearchGate, Google Scholar, and institutional repositories for greater research visibility.