Open Access / Copyright / Fees

Open Access

The Siddhanta Journal of Knowledge Systems (SJKS) is an online, open-access journal. Published content is made available to readers without subscription or reader fees.

The Journal follows open access by default. Where community protocols, restricted knowledge or ethical conditions require limited access, appropriate restrictions may apply.

Copyright & Permissions

  • Authors are responsible for ensuring that they have the right to reproduce any third-party material included in their work.
  • Permissions must be obtained for copyrighted images, tables, figures, extensive quotations or other protected material where required.
  • Copyright and licensing terms approved by the Journal will apply to published articles.
  • Community-held or restricted knowledge may be subject to additional conditions on access, publication or reuse.

Note. A specific Creative Commons licence should be displayed only after it has been formally approved by the Journal.

Fees / Article Processing Charges

  • No Article Processing Charge (APC) is charged during the Journal’s launch year.
  • Any future publication fee must be formally approved and clearly communicated through the Journal’s fee policy.
  • Editorial decisions are based solely on scholarly and editorial criteria. Payment does not guarantee acceptance, faster review or favourable editorial treatment.