Open Access Policy

The International Journal of Social Studies in Sport (IJSSS) provides immediate open access to all published content.

All articles are freely available to readers without subscription, registration, or access fees. The journal supports the principle that unrestricted access to scholarly research contributes to the wider dissemination, visibility, and use of scientific knowledge.

Articles published in IJSSS are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), unless otherwise stated.

Under this license, users may read, download, copy, share, distribute, adapt, and reuse published content for any purpose, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and source, a link to the license is provided, and any changes made are indicated.

IJSSS does not impose embargo periods on published articles. Full-text content becomes openly accessible immediately upon publication.