ISSN: 3048-5991 (Online)  ·  CODEN: IRABCA  ·  CC BY-NC 4.0  ·  COPE Compliant  ·  Diamond Open Access

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Section 1

Policy Statement

Integral Research is a fully open-access journal. The journal is founded on the conviction that making peer-reviewed scholarly research freely available to the global public advances the exchange of knowledge, increases the visibility and impact of published work, and serves the broader interests of academia and society. All published content is made available immediately and without restriction.

This Open Access Policy is consistent with the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) and is aligned with international best-practice standards for open scholarly publishing as recognised by DOAJ, Crossref, and COPE.

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Section 2

Key Provisions

Provision	Detail
Immediate Open Access	All published articles are freely accessible on the journal website immediately upon publication, without embargo, subscription fee, or any access restriction of any kind.
Licence	All content is published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). Readers may freely read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text of any article under the terms of this licence.
Attribution	Users must give appropriate credit to the original authors and source, provide a link to the licence, and clearly indicate if any changes have been made to the original work. Users must not imply that the original authors or the journal endorse any particular use of the material.
Non-Commercial Use	Published material may not be used for commercial purposes without the explicit written permission of the copyright holder. Commercial use includes selling or licensing the content for profit, using it in for-profit publications, or incorporating it into commercial products or services.
Author Copyright Retention	Authors retain full copyright in their own work. Integral Research does not claim copyright over published articles. Authors grant the journal a non-exclusive licence to publish and distribute the article in open-access form.
Green Open Access	Integral Research follows a Green Open Access policy. Authors are permitted to self-archive their accepted manuscript in institutional repositories, personal websites, or subject repositories, provided that the journal is acknowledged as the original publication venue and a link to the published version is included where possible.
No Embargo Period	There is no embargo period for any article published in Integral Research. Open access is immediate from the date of publication for all content without exception.

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Section 3

Support for the Budapest Open Access Initiative

Integral Research endorses and operates in accordance with the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI), which advocates for the free availability of peer-reviewed scholarly literature and promotes open access as a means to enhance the global reach, visibility, and impact of research. The journal’s open-access model ensures that published scholarship is available to readers in all countries and institutions, regardless of subscription capability or resource constraints.

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Section 4

What Readers May Do Under CC BY-NC 4.0

Action	Permitted?	Conditions
Read and download	Yes — freely	No conditions; fully open access
Copy and redistribute	Yes	Must attribute original authors and source; non-commercial use only
Adapt and build upon	Yes	Must indicate changes; must attribute original; non-commercial use only
Use in teaching	Yes	Attribution required; institutional/educational use is non-commercial
Commercial use	Not permitted	Requires explicit written permission from the copyright holder

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Section 5

Digital Archiving and Long-Term Preservation

Integral Research is committed to the long-term preservation and permanent accessibility of all published content. To this end, the journal maintains digital archiving arrangements that ensure published articles remain accessible even in the event of platform disruption or technical failure. The journal is committed to ensuring that its open-access content remains permanently available to researchers, institutions, and the public worldwide.

All articles published in Integral Research are registered with Crossref and assigned a permanent Digital Object Identifier (DOI), ensuring stable, long-term discoverability and citation tracking for every published work.

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Section 6

Contact and Further Information

For queries regarding the Open Access Policy of Integral Research, self-archiving rights, or requests for commercial use of published material, please contact the editorial office directly:

Editorial Email	[email protected]
Journal Website	https://integralresearch.in/
CC BY-NC 4.0 Licence	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Budapest OAI	www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai-10-recommendations

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