Copyright and License Notice

Caruban: Jurnal Ilmiah Ilmu Pendidikan Dasar is committed to providing immediate and unrestricted open access to all published articles. The journal believes that making scholarly research freely available to the public supports the advancement of knowledge, improves accessibility to scientific information, and encourages the dissemination and use of research findings in education and related fields.

1. Immediate Open Access

All articles published in Caruban: Jurnal Ilmiah Ilmu Pendidikan Dasar are made freely available online immediately upon publication. Readers can access, read, download, copy, search, and use the published articles without subscription or registration requirements.

No subscription fee or access fee is charged to readers.

2. Free Access for Readers

The journal does not restrict access to its published content based on institutional affiliation, geographic location, or membership status. All published articles are accessible to researchers, lecturers, teachers, students, educational practitioners, policymakers, and the general public.

The journal supports equitable access to scholarly knowledge, particularly in the field of elementary education.

3. Copyright and Licensing

Copyright of published articles remains with the authors, subject to the terms of the journal's publication agreement and licensing policy.

Authors are encouraged to retain appropriate rights to their scholarly work and grant the journal the necessary rights to publish and disseminate the article.

The licensing terms applied to published articles are stated clearly on each article's publication page.

4. Use and Reuse of Published Articles

Readers may use and disseminate published articles in accordance with the license stated on the individual article. Appropriate acknowledgment of the original authors, article title, journal, and publication source is required when the work is reused or cited.

Any reuse must comply with applicable copyright law and the terms of the article's license.

5. Author Access and Self-Archiving

Authors may share and disseminate links to their published articles through appropriate academic and professional channels, including institutional repositories, personal academic profiles, and other scholarly platforms, subject to the applicable copyright and licensing terms.

The journal encourages authors to increase the visibility and accessibility of their research through responsible scholarly dissemination.

6. Article Processing Charges

Open access does not mean that publication is necessarily free of publication-related costs. Caruban: Jurnal Ilmiah Ilmu Pendidikan Dasar applies a transparent publication fee policy.

The first 12 pages of the final published article, including the reference list, are free of charge. For articles exceeding 12 pages, a publication fee of IDR 100,000 per additional page is applied.

There is no submission fee and no peer-review fee.

Further information is available on the journal's Author Fees page.

7. No Subscription or Paywall

The journal does not place published articles behind a subscription, paywall, or individual article purchase system. All published content remains freely accessible through the journal's online platform.

8. Long-Term Accessibility

The journal is committed to maintaining the accessibility of its published scholarly content and preserving the academic record. Reasonable measures are taken to ensure that published articles remain available through the journal's online platform and appropriate digital preservation or scholarly indexing services.

9. Editorial Independence

The journal's open access model does not affect the editorial decision-making process. Acceptance, revision, or rejection of a manuscript is based on its scholarly quality, relevance to the journal's scope, methodological rigor, originality, and compliance with publication ethics.

Payment of publication fees, where applicable, does not influence editorial decisions.

10. Commitment to Open Scholarly Communication

Caruban: Jurnal Ilmiah Ilmu Pendidikan Dasar supports the principles of open scholarly communication and seeks to maximize the visibility, accessibility, and potential impact of research in elementary education.

Through immediate open access, the journal aims to facilitate the exchange of knowledge among researchers, educators, practitioners, students, and the wider community.

In summary, all articles published by Caruban are immediately and freely accessible online, with no subscription or paywall. Authors are responsible only for applicable publication charges according to the journal's transparent Author Fees policy.