Open Access Policy

Lexoria

Open Access Policy

Lexoria: Journal of Law & Justice Studies provides immediate, barrier-free open access to all articles to advance global legal scholarship and practice.

All content is freely available online upon publication—no paywalls or embargoes. Reuse is permitted under the article’s license with appropriate attribution.

1. Policy Statement

Lexoria is committed to equitable access to legal knowledge. Open access accelerates doctrinal development, comparative insights, and informed policymaking. All published articles are openly accessible on our website immediately upon publication.

2. License & User Rights

Unless otherwise noted, articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. Anyone may share and adapt the work for any purpose, including commercial, provided proper credit is given, a link to the license is included, and changes are indicated.

CC BY 4.0 License

Publication Ethics

Attribution guidance: cite author(s), article title, journal, volume/issue, year, and the DOI, plus the CC license link.

4. Access, Archiving & Preservation

  • Immediate access: all articles are open upon publication.
  • Long-term preservation: the journal participates in PKP PN/LOCKSS for distributed archiving and preservation.
  • OAI-PMH: metadata are harvestable at https://journal.fajarpos.com/index/oai.
Crossref deposits include rich metadata (license, ORCID, ROR affiliations, funding, references). DOIs are activated at or before online posting.

5. Article Processing Charges (APC) & Waivers

Lexoria may charge an APC upon acceptance to support editorial and production services. A transparent waiver/discount policy is available for eligible authors. Editorial decisions are independent of fee payments and based solely on scholarly merit.

Author Fees & Waiver Policy

6. Self-Archiving & Preprints

  • Preprints: authors may post preprints at any time; after publication, add citation and DOI link.
  • Accepted manuscript (postprint): may be deposited in repositories with citation and DOI.
  • Version of Record: may be shared under the article’s CC license with DOI link.

7. Metadata & Machine Readability

  • Machine-readable license information is embedded in article metadata.
  • Author ORCIDs and institutional ROR IDs are recorded where provided.
  • References and cited legal materials include persistent identifiers (e.g., DOIs); where available, case/report citations are standardized.

8. Third-Party Material

Some content (e.g., statutes, case law excerpts, images, datasets) may not be covered by the article’s CC license. Authors must secure permissions where required and clearly credit rights holders. Reusers should verify any credit lines and obtain permission when needed.

9. Compliance & Open Science

  • The OA policy aligns with sector best practices and common funder mandates.
  • We encourage sharing of datasets, codes, and legal corpora (where permissible) in trusted repositories (e.g., Zenodo, OSF, Figshare) with persistent identifiers.
  • See Author Guidelines for data availability and transparency statements.

10. Related Links

11. Contact

Editorial Office – Lexoria: Journal of Law & Justice Studies
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://journal.fajarpos.com/