Information and Policy on Open Access

PJPPRP is dedicated to promoting open research's and assisting authors and sponsors in
achieving a high level of transparency with their work. An open access Creative Commons CC
BY 4.0 license↗, which gives writers the broadest range of rights, is used to make all of the
articles published in this journal immediately accessible to everyone worldwide. This implies:

 Access to the whole texts of all journal articles that have been published is free and
unrestricted for everyone.
 Provision to reuse published content with the correct citation of the original source;
 By paying a relatively little Article Processing Charge for the accepted articles, the
authors' institutes or research funding organizations promote open access publication.
 It simply means that peer-reviewed material is accessible without a fee or any payment
restrictions. A correct citation to the original publication must be made in order for the
published material to be reused. All literature is immediately made available in an open-
access manner.

Important Note: Since we do not have the rights to re-license the published material, most
reviews and occasionally articles published in PJPPRP may include figures, texts, or tables that
were taken from other publications. As a result, you should check with the original copyright
holder to verify whether this material can be used or not.

Authorization & Permission

The only requirement is that the source is properly credited. All articles published in the Pakistan
Journal of Psychological Research, including data, graphics, and supplements, may be linked
from outside sources, scanned by search engines, or reused by text mining applications or
websites, blogs, etc. for free. Articles published in the PJPPRP are distributed under an Open
Access Creative Common CC BY license, so no specific permission is needed to reuse them in
whole or in part. However, reusing an article does not constitute endorsement by the Pakistan
Journal of Psychological Research or the original writers.

The advantages of open access for writers

 High Visibility & Accessibility of Content

 Enhanced Impact of Citations
 Reduced Publishing charges
 Rapid publication
 Recognition by Reviewers