Open Access Policy

Open Access Policy

Contemporary Sustainability Development (CSD) provides immediate open access to its content, based on the principle that making research freely available supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. CSD is an open access journal, granting online access free of charge and without barriers. This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 license.

CSD supports the Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing, which defines an open access journal as one that grants a "free, irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual right of access to, and a license to copy, use, distribute, transmit, and display the work publicly, and to make and distribute derivative works in any digital medium for any responsible purpose, subject to proper attribution of authorship," with every article deposited immediately upon initial publication in at least one online repository.

As an open access journal, CSD ensures free-of-cost dissemination of peer-reviewed research to the global community. Authors retain the copyright for their work, allowing articles to be reused and redistributed without restriction, provided the original work is properly cited.

CSD aims to support students, scholars, researchers, professionals, scientific societies, and academic institutions by fostering collaboration across disciplines. The journal encourages research that bridges technological, environmental, and social perspectives, contributing to the advancement of sustainable development that is ethically sound, culturally informed, and socially beneficial.