Open Access Statement

Journal of Sport and Exercise Studies is an open-access journal. All published articles are made freely available online immediately upon publication, without subscription fees, paywalls, registration requirements, or access restrictions.

Readers may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to, share, translate, adapt, and reuse published articles in accordance with the journal’s licensing policy.

License

Unless otherwise stated, articles published in Journal of Sport and Exercise Studies are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

This license allows users to copy, redistribute, remix, transform, translate, and build upon the published work for any lawful purpose, provided that proper attribution is given to the original author(s), the article title, the journal, and the source of publication.

Author Copyright

Authors retain copyright of their published articles. The journal does not require authors to transfer copyright ownership.

By publishing with the journal, authors grant Journal of Sport and Exercise Studies the right of first publication and the right to publish, distribute, archive, index, and preserve the article as part of the scholarly record.

Reader Rights

Readers have free and immediate access to all articles published in the journal. No subscription, institutional login, or payment is required to access the journal’s published content.

Under the CC BY 4.0 license, readers and users may:

• Read and download articles free of charge;
• Copy, distribute, and share articles;
• Print articles for teaching, research, or personal use;
• Link to published articles and article metadata;
• Translate, adapt, and reuse published content;
• Use published content in teaching, research, text and data mining, and derivative works;
• Reuse content for lawful academic, educational, professional, and other purposes with proper attribution.

Required Attribution

Any reuse, redistribution, adaptation, or reproduction of published content must include appropriate attribution. Proper attribution should include:

• The name of the author(s);
• The title of the article;
• The title of the journal;
• The year of publication;
• The volume, issue, page range, or article number where available;
• The DOI or permanent article link where available;
• A statement that the work is licensed under CC BY 4.0;
• An indication of whether changes were made.

No Embargo Policy

The journal does not apply an embargo period to published articles. Articles are openly available from the time of publication.

Authors may share and deposit their published articles immediately after publication, provided that the original publication in Journal of Sport and Exercise Studies is properly acknowledged.

Self-Archiving

Authors may deposit the submitted version, accepted version, and published version of record in institutional repositories, subject repositories, funder repositories, personal websites, academic networking platforms, and other lawful scholarly platforms.

When depositing or sharing the published version of record, authors should include the full citation details and a link to the article on the journal website where available.

Article Processing Charges

The journal applies an Article Processing Charge to accepted manuscripts, as described in the journal’s APC & Waiver Policy. No fee is charged at the time of initial submission.

Article Processing Charges do not influence editorial decisions. Manuscripts are evaluated according to academic quality, relevance to the journal scope, methodological soundness, ethical compliance, and contribution to sport and exercise studies.

Third-Party Materials

The CC BY 4.0 license normally applies to the article text and original materials created by the author(s), unless otherwise stated. Third-party materials included in an article may be subject to separate copyright restrictions or licensing terms.

Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to use third-party materials where required. If third-party content is not covered by the article’s open-access license, this should be clearly indicated in the relevant caption, acknowledgement, or permission statement.

Long-Term Access and Preservation

The journal is committed to maintaining access to published scholarly content. Published articles are made available through the journal website and may be preserved, indexed, deposited, or archived through appropriate scholarly infrastructure, repositories, indexing services, and preservation arrangements.

The journal’s approach to digital preservation is further described in the Archiving and Preservation policy.

Open Access Summary

Access: Immediate open access to all published articles.

License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, CC BY 4.0.

Copyright: Authors retain copyright.

Embargo: No embargo period.

Reuse: Reuse, sharing, adaptation, and redistribution are permitted with proper attribution.