Social Problems of Iran

Open Access Policy

The Journal of Social Problems of Iran is a fully open-access journal. This means that all articles are freely available on the Web to all users immediately upon acceptance (as Articles in Press) and formal publication. All content of the journal is published and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, provided that proper attribution is given to the original author(s) and the journal.

The benefits of open access for authors include:

• Retention of copyright by the authors;
• Free and unrestricted access for all users worldwide;
• Increased visibility, readership, and discoverability of the work;
• Higher citation rates due to broader dissemination;
• No spatial or institutional constraints on access; and
• Rapid and timely publication.