Open Access Policy

Sam Ratulangi Politics Review (SRPolRev) provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of political knowledge and scientific inquiry.

Diamond Open Access Journal

SRPolRev operates as a Diamond Open Access journal. All articles published in SRPolRev are freely available online to readers immediately upon publication without any subscription fees or paywall barriers, and authors are not charged any submission or publication fees (APC).

1. Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) Definition

In accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI), open access means free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself.

2. Key Features of Our Open Access Model

Immediate Free Availability:

All accepted manuscripts are made available online immediately after final copyediting and layout typesetting.

No Author Fees (Zero APC):

Publication costs are fully funded by institutional sponsorship, ensuring that high-quality political research can be published without financial barriers for authors.

Reusable & Shareable (CC BY-SA 4.0):

Articles are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International, allowing readers to share, remix, and adapt the material with proper attribution.

3. Repository & Archiving Rights

Authors are permitted and encouraged to deposit all versions of their article (Submitted Version, Accepted Version, or Published Version / Publisher's PDF) in institutional repositories, subject-based archives, or personal websites at any time.

Open Access Inquiries: For additional questions regarding article reuse or repository deposit policies, please reach out to the editorial office at srpolrev@unsrat.ac.id.