Open Access Policy

BIM PANGURIPAN: Journal on Society, Civilization, & Human Empowerment is committed to providing immediate and open access to all published scholarly articles.

The journal believes that knowledge generated through community service, community engagement, community empowerment, science and technology implementation, and community-based development should be widely accessible to researchers, practitioners, communities, educational institutions, government organizations, development partners, and the general public.

1. Open Access Principle

BIM Panguripan operates under an Open Access publishing model.

All articles published by the journal are made publicly available online without requiring readers to subscribe or pay for access to individual articles.

Readers can access, read, download, copy, search, link to, and otherwise use published articles in accordance with the applicable Creative Commons license.

The journal does not restrict access to published articles based on:

  • Institutional affiliation;

  • Geographic location;

  • Academic status;

  • Professional background;

  • Membership;

  • Subscription status.

2. Immediate Access

Articles become openly accessible after publication through the journal's official online platform.

There is no subscription barrier or embargo period imposed on access to the published article.

Open access is intended to facilitate the rapid dissemination of practical knowledge and community-based solutions.

3. Creative Commons License

Articles published by BIM Panguripan are distributed under the:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License.

This license permits users to:

  • Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format;

  • Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material;

  • Use the material for any purpose, including commercial purposes.

Users must provide appropriate attribution, include a link to the applicable license, and indicate whether changes were made.

The CC BY 4.0 license applies to material for which the necessary rights are held by the authors or the journal. Third-party materials may be subject to separate copyright or licensing conditions.

4. Copyright

Authors retain copyright in their published work.

By publishing with BIM Panguripan, authors grant the journal the necessary non-exclusive rights to publish, distribute, preserve, and make the article publicly accessible.

Open access publication does not constitute a transfer of copyright ownership from the authors to the journal.

Authors may continue to use and disseminate their work in accordance with the applicable Creative Commons license and other applicable rights and obligations.

5. Reader Rights

Under the applicable CC BY 4.0 license, readers and other users may access and reuse published articles provided that the licensing conditions are respected.

Permitted activities may include:

  • Reading and downloading articles;

  • Sharing articles with colleagues and students;

  • Linking to published articles;

  • Depositing articles in appropriate repositories;

  • Using articles for teaching and educational activities;

  • Translating or adapting articles;

  • Reusing content in other scholarly or educational contexts;

  • Using published material for commercial purposes where permitted by the license.

Users must provide appropriate attribution and must not misrepresent the original work or imply endorsement by the authors or BIM Panguripan.

6. Author Rights and Self-Archiving

Authors may disseminate their published articles through appropriate channels, including:

  • Institutional repositories;

  • Subject repositories;

  • Academic profiles;

  • Personal or institutional websites;

  • Educational platforms;

  • Scholarly communication networks.

Authors should preserve the bibliographic information and attribution of the original publication when sharing the article.

Where available, authors are encouraged to include the official journal publication link and DOI or other persistent identifier.

7. Repository and Long-Term Accessibility

BIM Panguripan supports the preservation and continued accessibility of its published scholarly content.

The journal may participate in appropriate digital preservation, repository, indexing, archiving, and scholarly communication services to support the long-term availability of published articles.

The journal may also preserve article metadata and publication records to maintain the continuity and integrity of the scholarly record.

8. Accessibility of Community Knowledge

Open access is particularly important for BIM Panguripan because many published articles address practical community needs.

Open access enables knowledge generated through community service activities to reach:

  • Community organizations;

  • Community leaders;

  • Practitioners;

  • Local governments;

  • Educational institutions;

  • Non-governmental organizations;

  • Industry and development partners;

  • Researchers;

  • Students;

  • The wider public.

The journal seeks to ensure that knowledge concerning community empowerment, appropriate technology, sustainable livelihoods, environmental conservation, education, health, local innovation, and social development can be accessed beyond traditional academic audiences.

9. Responsible Reuse

Open access does not remove the responsibility to use published material ethically.

Users should:

  • Provide appropriate attribution;

  • Respect the CC BY 4.0 license;

  • Clearly identify modifications or adaptations;

  • Preserve the meaning of the original work;

  • Avoid misleading representation of the authors' findings;

  • Respect privacy and confidentiality;

  • Respect third-party rights;

  • Respect community rights and cultural values.

Open access should not be interpreted as permission to misappropriate community knowledge, personal information, cultural expressions, or copyrighted third-party material.

10. Community and Local Knowledge

BIM Panguripan recognizes that community service publications may contain local knowledge, traditional practices, cultural expressions, and community-developed innovations.

Although published articles are openly accessible, readers should use such information responsibly.

Open access does not authorize:

  • Unauthorized commercialization of community knowledge;

  • Misappropriation of local innovations;

  • Removal of attribution to community contributors;

  • Distortion or misrepresentation of cultural practices;

  • Disclosure of confidential community information;

  • Use of sensitive information in ways that may harm community members.

Authors and readers are expected to respect applicable ethical, legal, cultural, and community requirements.

11. Third-Party Content

Not all content appearing in an article is necessarily covered by the journal's CC BY 4.0 license.

Third-party materials may include:

  • Photographs;

  • Maps;

  • Previously published figures;

  • Tables;

  • Illustrations;

  • Logos;

  • Datasets;

  • Audio or video materials;

  • Other copyrighted works.

Where applicable, third-party material should be identified through an appropriate credit or licensing statement.

Users who wish to reuse third-party material are responsible for determining whether additional permission is required.

12. Open Access and Article Corrections

If a published article requires correction, the corrected record will remain openly accessible.

Where an article is retracted, the original publication record will generally remain part of the scholarly record with an appropriate retraction notice, unless exceptional circumstances require otherwise.

The journal aims to maintain transparency by clearly communicating significant changes to the published record.

13. Open Access and Research Integrity

Open access publication does not reduce the journal's standards for academic and publication integrity.

All published articles remain subject to the journal's policies concerning:

  • Research and publication ethics;

  • Plagiarism;

  • Fabrication and falsification;

  • Authorship;

  • Conflicts of interest;

  • Generative AI;

  • Community and participant ethics;

  • Corrections and retractions;

  • Allegations of research misconduct.

Open accessibility and responsible publication are complementary principles.

14. Article Processing Charges

This journal charges the following author fees.

Article Submission: 0.00 (IDR)
Authors are No required to pay an Article Submission

Fast-Track Review: 0.00 (IDR)
Authors are No required to pay an article review process. the review process no longer than 4 week

Article Publication: 0.00 (IDR)
If this paper is accepted for publication, you will be never asked to pay an Article Publication Fee to cover publications costs.

15. No Subscription Requirement

Readers are not required to purchase a subscription to access articles published by BIM Panguripan.

The journal's open-access model is intended to remove financial barriers to reading and accessing published scholarly content.

16. Open Access and Sustainable Dissemination

BIM Panguripan views open access as an important mechanism for strengthening the connection between academic knowledge and community needs.

By making articles openly available, the journal seeks to support:

  • Knowledge transfer;

  • Community empowerment;

  • Science and technology dissemination;

  • Social innovation;

  • Sustainable development;

  • Educational access;

  • Collaboration among institutions and communities;

  • Broader use of evidence-based community service practices.

17. Licensing Statement

The following statement may be displayed on published articles:

Open Access: BIM Panguripan provides immediate open access to its published articles.

License: This article is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License, which permits sharing and adaptation for any purpose, provided appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and source, a link to the license is provided, and any changes are indicated.

18. Commitment to Open Scholarly Communication

BIM Panguripan is committed to making community service knowledge openly accessible while protecting authors' rights, community dignity, intellectual property, privacy, and the integrity of the scholarly record.

The journal considers open access an important part of its mission to connect science, technology, innovation, humanitarian values, local wisdom, and community empowerment.

Through this policy, BIM Panguripan seeks to ensure that knowledge generated through community engagement can be accessed, shared, and responsibly applied for the benefit of society, civilization, and sustainable human empowerment.