Open Access Policy

Open Access Policy

Vantage: Journal of Thematic Analysis is committed to promoting the principles of Open Access (OA) as outlined by the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI). Our policy reflects our belief in the free and immediate availability of scholarly knowledge to everyone, fostering global learning and innovation.

Accessibility

All articles published in our journals are freely available online immediately upon publication. Readers can access, read, download, distribute, and reuse content without financial, legal, or technical barriers.

Licensing

Vantage: Journal of Thematic Analysis is an open access journal. All accepted manuscripts would be freely available immediately under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0). This ensures increased visibility of the articles, thus increasing citations. Under this license the authors can copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format, and can also alter, transform, or build upon the material, including for commercial use, provided the original article is credited.

Copyright

The authors retain copyright of all contents published by Vantage: Journal of Thematic Analysis and grants publishers the right of first publication and other non-exclusive publishing rights.

Archiving

The journal support online archiving and preservation through (PKP-PN, LOCKSS, CLOCKSS) repositories, given below.

Publication Charges

The journal does not charge for submission, reviewing or publishing the articles (No APCs).

Article Preservation

As part of our commitment to both open access and the long-term preservation of academic content, we have enabled the CLOCKSS (Controlled Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) on our OJS-PKP. This initiative ensures that our journal content is stored and distributed securely at participating libraries worldwide. By utilizing CLOCKSS, we assure you that your research will be preserved and remain accessible to future generations, even in the event of service disruptions.

For more information on how we distribute our journal content, please visit our CLOCKSS Publisher Manifest page.

CLOCKSS: CLOCKSS - Publisher Manifest page

LOCKSS: LOCKSS - Publisher Manifest page

PKP Preservation Network (PKP-PN).