Open Access Policy

Advances in Sociology, Psychology & Human Behavior is committed to promoting unrestricted access to high-quality scientific research in the fields of sociology, psychology, human behavior, social sciences, and interdisciplinary studies.

All published articles are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication without subscription fees or access charges for readers worldwide.

The journal follows an Article Processing Charge (APC) model to support editorial management, peer review, production services, online hosting, and long-term digital preservation of published content.

Licensing and Copyright

All articles published in the journal are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Under this license, users are permitted to:

• Read, download, copy, distribute, print, and share published articles
• Adapt, remix, transform, and build upon the published work
• Reuse the content for lawful commercial and non-commercial purposes

provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and source.

Author Rights

Authors retain copyright of their published work while granting the journal the right to publish, archive, and distribute the article as part of the scholarly record.

Accessibility and Knowledge Dissemination

The journal supports the global exchange of scientific knowledge by encouraging open, ethical, and responsible sharing of research in sociology, psychology, and human behavior to advance academic and societal understanding.