Open Access Statement

Social Trends and Policy Review is a fully open-access, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to publishing rigorous scholarship on emerging social trends, their implications for society, and the policy responses they necessitate. We believe that understanding the dynamics of social change and developing effective, equitable policy solutions requires the immediate and unrestricted sharing of knowledge across the global academic, policy, and civic community.

Our Open Access Commitment:

  • Immediate and Permanent Free Access: All articles are published online and made freely available to readers immediately upon publication. No subscriptions, no paywalls, and no embargo periods apply. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. Every research article, policy analysis, review, and theoretical contribution is accessible to scholars, policymakers, practitioners, educators, students, and the public worldwide without financial or institutional barriers.

  • Creative Commons License: Every article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) : https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. This license permits anyone to share, copy, and redistribute the material in any medium or format, provided that:

    • Attribution – Proper credit is given to the original authors and Social Trends and Policy Review.

    • NonCommercial – The material may not be used for commercial purposes without explicit permission from the copyright holder.

    • NoDerivatives – If users remix, transform, or build upon the material, they may not distribute the modified material.

  • Authors Retain Copyright: Authors hold full copyright to their scholarly work. Social Trends and Policy Review receives a non-exclusive license to publish and distribute the article under the open-access terms described above, ensuring authors retain control over their intellectual property while maximizing dissemination.

  • Shaping Evidence-Based Policy: Authors are encouraged to deposit their published articles in institutional repositories, personal websites, and academic networks to ensure that research on social trends and policy reaches colleagues across disciplines and borders, fostering evidence-based policymaking and informed public discourse on pressing social issues.

This policy ensures that scholarship on social trends and policy achieves maximum visibility and impact while respecting the integrity and diverse perspectives of authors' work.