Open Access Policy

Journal of Educational Computing and Technology (JECOTECH)

The Journal of Educational Computing and Technology (JECOTECH) is committed to the principles of open access, ensuring that all published articles are freely and permanently available online immediately upon publication without any subscription or access charges.

JECOTECH believes that making research freely accessible to the public promotes the global exchange of knowledge, accelerates scientific discovery, enhances educational innovation, and increases the visibility and impact of scholarly work. By removing financial, legal, and technical barriers to access, the journal supports the dissemination of high-quality research to researchers, educators, practitioners, policymakers, and the wider community around the world.

All articles published in JECOTECH are available under an Open Access model, allowing users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to the full texts, and use the published materials for lawful purposes without prior permission from the publisher or the authors, provided that proper attribution is given to the original work.

Licensing

Unless otherwise stated, all articles published in JECOTECH are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Under this license, users are permitted to:

  • Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
  • Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, including commercial use.
  • Distribute and reproduce the work in any format.

The only requirement is that appropriate credit must be given to the original author(s), a link to the license must be provided, and any changes made must be clearly indicated.

Copyright

Authors retain the copyright of their published work while granting JECOTECH the right of first publication.

Authors are free to:

  • Archive the published version in institutional repositories.
  • Deposit the article on personal or institutional websites.
  • Share the published article through academic social networks.
  • Reuse their work in future publications with appropriate citation.

Accessibility

JECOTECH provides immediate and unrestricted online access to all published articles. No registration or subscription is required to access the journal's content.

Readers may freely:

  • Read articles online.
  • Download full-text PDF files.
  • Print articles.
  • Share article links.
  • Cite published works.
  • Use published materials for research, teaching, and educational purposes in accordance with the CC BY 4.0 License.

Archiving

To ensure the long-term preservation and accessibility of published content, JECOTECH supports digital archiving through institutional repositories and other recognized archiving systems. The journal is committed to preserving the scholarly record and maintaining permanent access to all published articles.

Author Fees

JECOTECH is committed to transparent publishing practices. Any submission fees or Article Processing Charges (APCs), if applicable, will be clearly stated on the journal's website before manuscript submission. If the journal does not charge any fees, this information will also be explicitly declared.

Commitment to Open Science

JECOTECH supports the principles of Open Science by encouraging transparency, reproducibility, accessibility, and responsible sharing of scholarly knowledge. Authors are encouraged to share research data, software, supplementary materials, and other supporting resources whenever appropriate and ethically permissible.

By adopting this Open Access Policy, JECOTECH aims to maximize the dissemination, accessibility, visibility, and impact of research in educational computing and technology while contributing to the advancement of global scientific knowledge and educational innovation.