Fees & Open Access

Open Access Policy

JKD provides immediate free online access to published articles. Readers do not need a subscription or payment to read or download the published full text.

Current fees: no publication charge

Submission, peer review, and article publication are currently free of charge. No APC or page charge is currently payable. Any future fee change will be announced in advance, and any proposed charge must be disclosed and agreed with the author before proceeding. No retrospective charge will be imposed on already published articles.

Copyright and reuse

Authors retain copyright. Published articles are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Readers may share and adapt the work, including for commercial purposes, provided they give appropriate credit, link to the licence and indicate changes. Third-party material identified as excluded from the licence requires permission from its rights holder. Each article carries its own copyright and licence notice.

Editorial independence

Payment has no influence on review or editorial decisions and does not guarantee acceptance, speed, indexing, or publication.

Questions: editor@jkdjournal.com.