Open Access Policy

SEMESTA: Journal of Community Empowerment is committed to the principles of open access, ensuring that all published research is freely and permanently available online without financial, legal, or technical barriers to readers.

All articles published in SEMESTA are immediately accessible upon publication. Readers may freely read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to, and use the full text of published articles for any lawful purpose, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original authors and the journal, in accordance with the journal's licensing terms.

The journal believes that unrestricted access to scholarly knowledge promotes wider dissemination of research, enhances academic collaboration, supports evidence-based decision-making, and accelerates scientific and societal progress. By removing access barriers, SEMESTA aims to maximize the visibility, accessibility, and impact of research outcomes for researchers, educators, practitioners, policymakers, and communities worldwide.

SEMESTA operates under the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI), which advocates the free availability of peer-reviewed scholarly literature on the public internet. Consistent with these principles, the journal supports the global exchange of knowledge by providing immediate and unrestricted access to all published content.

Authors retain the copyright to their work while granting the journal the right to publish and disseminate the article under the journal's designated open-access license. Users are responsible for providing proper attribution whenever the work is reused or cited.

Through its open-access publishing model, SEMESTA seeks to foster inclusive knowledge sharing, encourage interdisciplinary collaboration, and contribute to the advancement of community empowerment research and sustainable development worldwide.