Open Access Policy

The journal EKTU Journal of Architectural and Construction Sciences is an open-access journal, providing free, immediate, and unrestricted access to all published articles. This policy ensures that research findings are available to the global scientific community, practitioners, educators, and the general public without subscription fees or paywalls.

The journal follows the principles of Open Access (OA) to promote transparency, knowledge sharing, and accelerated scientific progress. Authors retain copyright of their work while granting the journal the right to publish and distribute it under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

By publishing in this journal, authors agree to make their research openly accessible immediately upon publication. Readers are free to read, download, copy, distribute, and use the material for any lawful purpose, provided proper attribution is given to the authors and the journal.

The journal does not charge authors any article processing fees (APCs), ensuring equitable access to publishing opportunities for researchers worldwide.