The Journal of Integrated Civic and Citizenship Education is committed to providing open access to all its published content. As an open access journal, we adhere to the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative, which aims to make research articles available free of charge to anyone with an internet connection.

Our open access policy is based on the following key principles:

• Free availability: All articles published in the Journal of Civic Science and Social Responsibility are available free of charge to anyone with an internet connection.
• CC-BY license: All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license, which allows users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, as well as to use them for any other lawful purpose.
• Double-blind review: The journal uses a double-blind peer review process to ensure the quality and integrity of the published content.
• COPE ethics: The journal adheres to the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors, as outlined by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

As a publisher, Bentala Institute is committed to ensuring the long-term preservation of the journal's content. We work with reputable indexing services, including SCOPUS, to ensure that our content is widely discoverable and accessible to researchers around the world.

By making our content available under an open access license, we aim to contribute to the advancement of knowledge and to promote the exchange of ideas between researchers, policymakers, and practitioners. We believe that open access is essential for the development of a more equitable and inclusive global research community.