Open Access & Copyright Licensing

Open Access Statement

The International Journal of Agricultural Research, Innovation and Technology (IJARIT) is a fully open-access journal. All articles published in IJARIT are made immediately and permanently available online to the global public free of charge, without any paywalls, registration requirements, or embargo periods. 

This policy ensures maximum visibility, accessibility, and citation impact for published research, aligning with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition of open access.

Copyright & Licensing Terms

Author Ownership: Authors retain full, unrestricted copyright and publishing rights in their work.
Creative Commons License: All articles published in IJARIT are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License [CC BY 4.0].
Terms of Reuse: Under the CC BY 4.0 license, third parties are permitted to share (copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format) and adapt (remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, including commercially), provided appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and source, a link to the license is provided, and any changes made are clearly indicated.

Author Self-Archiving Policy (Green Open Access)

IJARIT encourages authors to archive all versions of their work in institutional, subject-based, or central repositories to increase dissemination. 

Preprint (Submitted Manuscript): Authors may deposit the preprint version at any time prior to publication.
Accepted Manuscript (Post-print): Authors may deposit the accepted, peer-reviewed version immediately upon acceptance.
Published Version (Version of Record - VoR): Authors may deposit the final publisher PDF/HTML version immediately after publication without any embargo period.
Repository Linking: Authors are asked to include the official DOI link to the published article on the journal website when self-archiving the Version of Record.

Permanent Digital Archiving & Preservation

To ensure permanent access to published scholarly content, IJARIT employs multi-layered digital preservation strategies:
PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN): Automated archiving for Public Knowledge Project OJS journals.
LOCKSS & CLOCKSS: Distributed archiving systems ensuring perpetual access in the event of platform downtime.
BanglaJOL / INASP: Regional permanent digital archive repository.

Privacy Statement

The names, organizational affiliations, and email addresses entered into the IJARIT platform will be used exclusively for the editorial and publishing operations of this journal. They will not be made available to third parties or used for commercial marketing purposes.