Open Access Policy

The Journal of Food Innovation, Nutrition and Environmental Sciences (JFINES) is an open-access journal. All articles published in the journal are made available online without subscription or paywall restrictions.

JFINES supports open access as a means of improving the availability, visibility, and use of scholarly research in food science, food technology, nutrition, agricultural sciences, environmental sciences, sustainable food systems, and related interdisciplinary fields.

Access to Published Articles

All published articles in JFINES are freely available to readers immediately after publication. Readers may access, read, download, copy, share, print, link to, and use published articles in accordance with the journal’s copyright and licensing policy.

The journal does not charge readers or institutions for access to published content.

Licensing

Articles published in JFINES are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0), unless otherwise stated.

Under this licence, users may use, distribute, reproduce, and adapt the published work in any medium or format, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author or authors and the original publication source is properly cited.

Proper attribution should include:

  • the author or authors;
  • the article title;
  • the journal title;
  • the year of publication;
  • volume, issue, and page or article number where applicable;
  • the DOI or permanent article link where available;
  • an indication if changes were made.

Reuse of published content must not imply endorsement by the authors, editors, journal, or publisher unless explicit permission has been granted.

Author Rights

Authors retain copyright of articles published in JFINES.

By publishing with the journal, authors grant JFINES a non-exclusive licence to publish the article, make it available online, distribute it through the journal platform, and identify JFINES as the original publisher.

Authors may share, deposit, and reuse their published work in accordance with the journal’s copyright, licensing, and repository policies.

Reader and User Rights

Subject to proper attribution and the terms of the CC BY 4.0 licence, readers and users may reuse JFINES articles for purposes such as:

  • research;
  • teaching and learning;
  • policy and practice;
  • professional use;
  • translation, adaptation, or further analysis;
  • inclusion in repositories, databases, and educational materials.

Users are responsible for ensuring that any reuse complies with the applicable licence and respects any third-party material that may not be covered by the article’s open-access licence.

Third-Party Material

Some articles may contain third-party material, such as figures, tables, photographs, maps, tools, or other content reproduced from another source. Such material may be subject to separate copyright terms.

Where third-party material is not covered by the article’s Creative Commons licence, this will be indicated in the article. Users wishing to reuse such material may need to obtain permission from the relevant copyright holder.

Open Access and Article Processing Charges

Open access in JFINES means that readers do not pay to access published articles. Information on Article Processing Charges, if applicable, is provided separately on the journal’s APC page.

Payment of any Article Processing Charge does not influence editorial assessment, peer review, acceptance, rejection, or publication decisions.

Commitment to Responsible Open Access

JFINES is committed to responsible open-access publishing, transparent editorial practices, proper attribution of scholarly work, long-term accessibility of published content, and continuous improvement of its publishing standards.

The journal’s open-access policy supports the dissemination and use of scholarly research while maintaining respect for authorship, copyright, licensing, research integrity, and publication ethics.