Global International Relations Review (GIRR) is a fully open access, peer-reviewed journal. GIRR provides immediate and free access to all published scholarly content.

All articles are freely available online immediately upon publication without subscription, registration, or payment by readers.

GIRR's open access model is intended to facilitate the worldwide dissemination, discovery, and use of scholarly research.

• All scholarly articles published by GIRR are immediately and freely accessible online.
• Readers do not need a subscription, registration, or payment to access published articles.
• Articles are available in full text through the GIRR website.
• There is no embargo period for access to published articles.
• Readers may read, download, save, print, and share articles in accordance with the applicable Creative Commons license.
• GIRR does not operate a subscription or paywall model for its scholarly articles.

This directly addresses the type of open access statement DOAJ requires. DOAJ defines open access as immediate free access combined with an open license that grants appropriate reuse rights.

All scholarly content published by GIRR is licensed under the:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).

Under this license:

• Attribution (BY): Users must give appropriate credit to the original author(s), provide appropriate attribution to the journal, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.
• NonCommercial (NC): The material may not be used for commercial purposes.
• NoDerivatives (ND): Users may not distribute modified, remixed, transformed, or adapted versions of the published work.
• Users may share and redistribute the original, unmodified work in accordance with the license terms.

The full license terms are available from Creative Commons:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License

Important: GIRR does not add additional restrictions to the terms of the Creative Commons license. DOAJ specifically states that journals must not modify or add restrictions to a Creative Commons license.

• Authors retain the copyright to their published work.
• GIRR does not require authors to transfer copyright to the journal or publisher.
• Authors grant GIRR the necessary non-exclusive rights to publish, distribute, preserve, and make the article available online.
• Copyright ownership remains with the author(s), subject to the rights granted under the applicable publishing agreement and Creative Commons license.
• The copyright holder and licensing information should be clearly identified in the published article.

DOAJ recommends that authors retain copyright without restrictions and grant the publisher the necessary publishing rights.

• GIRR does not impose an embargo period on published articles.
• Articles become freely accessible immediately upon publication.
• There is no delayed access period for readers.
• GIRR does not place published scholarly articles behind a subscription or payment barrier.

DOAJ specifically requires full-text content to be available immediately and does not accept embargoed open access journals.

• GIRR maintains measures for the long-term preservation of its published scholarly content.
• Published articles are digitally archived to support continued access to the scholarly record.
• The journal's specific preservation and archiving arrangements are described in its Archiving Policy.

GIRR's open access model is supported through its publishing arrangements and may involve charges to authors.

• Any Article Processing Charge (APC) or other author fee must be clearly stated on the journal website before submission.
• All applicable charges must be disclosed, including submission fees, editorial processing charges, APCs, page charges, language-editing charges, or other mandatory publication fees, where applicable.
• Any available waiver or discount must be clearly described, including eligibility and the procedure for requesting a waiver.
• Author fees or waiver eligibility do not influence editorial decisions or peer-review outcomes.

• GIRR's open access publishing model is supported through the journal's stated revenue and publishing arrangements.
• Any revenue received from author charges, sponsorship, advertising, institutional support, or other sources does not influence editorial decisions.
• Editorial decisions are based on the scholarly quality, originality, relevance, and suitability of the manuscript.

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• Authors retain copyright in their published articles.
• Authors may share their published work in accordance with the terms of the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.
• Authors may deposit or share the published article in appropriate institutional or subject repositories, personal academic websites, and other lawful platforms, subject to the applicable license and copyright terms.
• GIRR does not impose an embargo on the availability of the published article.