OPEN ACCESS STATEMENT

Journal of Early Childhood Innovation and Learning provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

All articles published in JECIL are freely accessible online immediately upon publication without any subscription or payment barriers. Authors retain the copyright of their works while granting JECIL the right of first publication.

JECIL adopts the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, which allows anyone to:

  • Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format,

  • Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially,
    provided that proper credit is given to the original author(s) and the source (JECIL).

Key Points

  • There are no article processing charges (APCs) or submission fees.

  • The journal’s full text is available online at [OJS website URL].

  • JECIL supports the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition of open access.

  • Authors are encouraged to deposit their published articles in institutional repositories or other scholarly platforms.

Copyright and Licensing

Authors who publish with JECIL agree to the following terms:

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant JECIL the right of first publication under a CC BY 4.0 license.

  2. Authors may distribute their published work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or website) with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.

  3. JECIL is not responsible for any misuse of published material by third parties.

Archiving and Preservation

JECIL utilizes digital archiving services such as PKP PN (Public Knowledge Project Preservation Network) to ensure long-term preservation and accessibility of its published content.