ATED embraces an open access policy, aiming to support the idea of easy access to information and endorsing the concept of open access for peer-reviewed journals as stated in the Budapest Open Access Initiative signed on September 12, 2012. The access policies accepted by the ATED editorial board can be found at http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai-10-recommendations.
The Budapest Open Access Initiative defines the concept of "open access" as follows: "[Peer-reviewed research articles'] open access, which we call 'gold' open access, means immediate, free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself. The only constraint on reproduction and distribution and the only role for copyright in this domain should be to give authors control over the integrity of their work and the right to be properly acknowledged and cited." Open access policies hold great potential for researchers and readers, considering the dissemination of scientific advancements and information sharing. ATED invites its readers with this perspective to freely access and use published works while providing proper attribution to the sources and authors. Readers are not required to seek permission from authors or publishers.
Creative Commons
A Creative Commons license means that materials with copyright can be freely accessed and used by others. If an author wishes to share their work with others, they can use a CC license, allowing for changes or edits to be made to the content.
All articles published by ATED are licensed under the "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND)" license. This license grants everyone the right to use a scientific work without commercial purposes, as long as proper attribution is given.
Open access is an approach that facilitates interdisciplinary communication and encourages collaboration across different disciplines. Therefore, ATED contributes to the field of education and teacher training by providing greater access to its articles and a more transparent review process.
ATED's publication processes adhere to the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the National Information Standards Organization (NISO), the Council of Science Editors (CSE), and the European Association of Science Editors (EASE).
