Nafi': Journal of Community Engagement is fully dedicated to the principle of Open Access, meaning that all scholarly articles published within this journal are freely and immediately available to the public. Readers can read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles without financial, legal, or technical barriers, other than those inherent in gaining internet access itself. This philosophy aligns with the journal's mission to promote the broad dissemination of knowledge and best practices in community engagement. While we embrace full open access, the copyright for each published article remains with the authors. This provides full recognition to the authors as the intellectual creators of their work, ensuring they retain control over their intellectual property.
To facilitate open access and widespread reuse, all articles published in Nafi' Journal are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). The CC BY 4.0 license is a highly permissive open access license, allowing anyone to share (copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format) and adapt (remix, transform, and build upon the original work) for any purpose, including commercial uses. The primary condition of this license is Attribution: users must give appropriate credit to the original authors, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. This must be done in a reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests Nafi' Journal or the authors endorse your use.
Nafi' Journal's adoption of the CC BY 4.0 license underscores our commitment to open science and open scholarship in the context of community engagement. This license ensures that valuable research and innovative practices in the field of community engagement can be accessed and utilized by the global community without unnecessary financial or technical barriers, while still respecting the rights and recognition of the original authors. Consequently, Nafi' Journal does not charge subscription fees or pay-per-view fees to readers. Authors submitting manuscripts to Nafi' Journal automatically agree to these copyright and license terms, contributing to a more open and collaborative scholarly publishing ecosystem.
