Access Policy

1. Open Access Commitment

Khatulistiwa: Jurnal Ilmu Pendidikan (e-ISSN: 2808-8298) is strictly committed to promoting the unrestricted dissemination of scholarly knowledge. The journal provides immediate open access to its published research to support the advancement of knowledge, encourage academic collaboration, and facilitate the exchange of scientific information among researchers, lecturers, teachers, educational policymakers, students, and the wider community. In accordance with the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI), all published articles are made available online without subscription fees, paywalls, or other access charges for readers.

2. Free and Immediate Access

All articles published in Khatulistiwa: Jurnal Ilmu Pendidikan are freely accessible immediately upon publication. Readers are not required to pay subscription fees, purchase individual articles, or register an account to read and download published content. Readers may freely access the journal's website to view article abstracts, read full-text PDFs, and download available publication files for research, education, professional development, and other lawful purposes. Absolutely no embargo period applies to any published articles.

3. Access and Reuse Rights

Khatulistiwa: Jurnal Ilmu Pendidikan identifies the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) as the optimal license for the publication, distribution, use, and reuse of scholarly work. Under this license, users are completely free to read, download, copy, distribute, print, share, and adapt (remix, transform, and build upon) the published material for any purpose, even commercially. The only requirement is that appropriate credit must be given to the original author(s) and the source, a link to the license must be provided, and any modifications made must be indicated. We believe that free and open access accelerates scientific discovery and educational innovation.

4. Access for Educational and Research Purposes

The journal highly encourages the use of its publications for teaching, learning, curriculum development, scholarly communication, and evidence-based educational practice. Researchers, lecturers, school teachers, libraries, and other educational institutions may extensively refer to and share published articles in accordance with the CC BY 4.0 license. When citing or redistributing an article, users must provide accurate bibliographic information and acknowledge the original publication in Khatulistiwa.

5. Author Self-Archiving

Authors are explicitly permitted and encouraged to share their published articles (the final publisher PDF or Version of Record) through personal websites, institutional repositories, academic social networks (e.g., ResearchGate, Academia.edu), or other appropriate scholarly platforms. When self-archiving, the original publication in Khatulistiwa: Jurnal Ilmu Pendidikan must be properly acknowledged, and the applicable CC BY 4.0 licensing conditions must be respected. Authors must include the article's assigned Crossref DOI (prefix: 10.69901) and a direct URL link to the official journal version to help readers locate the definitive publication record.

6. Copyright and Licensing

Khatulistiwa: Jurnal Ilmu Pendidikan allows the author(s) to hold their copyright without restrictions and allows the author(s) to retain full publishing rights. By publishing with this journal, authors merely grant the journal the right of first publication under the open-access CC BY 4.0 license. Open access does not mean that authorship or attribution requirements are waived. Users must always acknowledge the original authors and the primary source whenever they reuse or distribute the published material.

7. Digital Availability

Khatulistiwa makes its published content available globally through its online Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform, managed by LPPM Institut Elkatarie and the Tarbiyah Faculty Journal Editors Forum. The journal utilizes decentralized digital archiving systems (such as PKP PN, LOCKSS, CLOCKSS, and Garuda) to ensure that published articles and bibliographic information remain permanently accessible so that readers can locate and consult scholarly work indefinitely. The journal commits to making all reasonable efforts to address access issues and maintain the uninterrupted online availability of its publications.

8. Final Statement

Khatulistiwa: Jurnal Ilmu Pendidikan firmly believes that open, equitable, and barrier-free access to scholarly research contributes fundamentally to the development of global education, pedagogical innovation, and professional teaching practices. By providing free and immediate online access to its publications, the journal seeks to broaden the dissemination and responsible reuse of rigorous research covering educational sciences and Tarbiyah studies.