OPEN ACCESSS POLICY

1. Open Access Statement

SEJATI provides immediate open access to all published articles. This means that all content is freely available to users and their institutions without charge. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to the full texts of articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, provided that proper credit is given to the author(s), the journal, and the original source of publication.

SEJATI believes that open access supports the global exchange of knowledge, promotes theological scholarship, increases the visibility of authors, and strengthens academic communication among students, lecturers, researchers, churches, theological institutions, and the wider scholarly community.

2. Reader Rights

Readers have the right to access all published articles freely and permanently. Readers may:

1. Read articles online without subscription or registration;
2. Download full-text articles;
3. Print articles for academic, educational, or personal use;
4. Share article links with others;
5. Use articles for teaching, research, citation, and scholarly discussion;
6. Deposit article links or metadata in academic platforms and repositories;
7. Use article content in accordance with the applicable Creative Commons license.

3. Copyright and License

Authors who publish with SEJATI retain copyright of their published work and grant the journal the right of first publication. Published articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Under this license, users are permitted to copy, distribute, display, perform, adapt, remix, transform, and build upon the published work for any lawful purpose, including academic and educational purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s), the article title, SEJATI as the original publisher, DOI, and the license.

License details: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

4. Author Rights

Authors retain the following rights:

1. The right to be properly acknowledged and cited as the author(s) of the work;
2. The right to share and distribute the published article;
3. The right to use the article for teaching, research, ministry, academic presentations, and institutional purposes;
4. The right to deposit the article in institutional repositories, personal websites, academic social networks, and other non-commercial repositories;
5. The right to reuse the content in future scholarly works, books, lectures, or research, provided that the original publication in SEJATI is properly acknowledged.

5. Repository and Self-Archiving Policy

SEJATI allows authors to deposit and share their work in repositories and academic platforms. Authors may archive the following versions of their manuscripts:

1. Preprint version: the version before peer review;
2. Accepted manuscript: the version accepted after peer review but before final layout;
3. Published version: the final version published by SEJATI with DOI and journal metadata.

Authors may deposit these versions in institutional repositories, subject repositories, personal websites, academic profiles, and scholarly networking platforms, provided that the original publication in SEJATI is acknowledged and linked using the article DOI or official article URL.

There is no embargo period for self-archiving published articles from SEJATI.

6. Reuse Policy

Published articles may be reused in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Proper attribution must include:

1. Name of the author(s);
2. Title of the article;
3. Name of the journal: SEJATI: Student Evangelical Journal Aiming at Theological Interpretation;
4. Volume, issue, year, and page numbers or article number where available;
5. DOI or official article URL;
6. Reference to the CC BY 4.0 license.

Users must not imply that the author(s), journal, editor, or publisher endorses their reuse, adaptation, interpretation, or derivative work unless explicit written permission has been granted.

7. No Subscription or Access Barriers

SEJATI does not charge readers or their institutions for access to published articles. The journal does not require subscription, payment, or mandatory registration to access full-text articles.

All published articles are available online through the official SEJATI journal website.

8. Indexing, Metadata, and Machine Readability

SEJATI supports the dissemination and discoverability of scholarly content through article metadata, DOI registration, indexing services, academic databases, repositories, and search engines. Article metadata may include author names, affiliations, title, abstract, keywords, references, DOI, license, publication date, and citation information.

The journal allows indexing services and search engines to crawl, harvest, and link to article metadata and full-text content for lawful scholarly communication purposes.

9. Third-Party Materials

Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to use any third-party materials included in their manuscripts, such as images, tables, figures, charts, long quotations, or copyrighted materials that are not covered by fair use, public domain status, or compatible open licenses.

If third-party materials are included under a different license, authors must clearly indicate the source, copyright holder, and applicable license or permission statement.

10. Long-Term Access

SEJATI is committed to maintaining long-term access to published scholarly content. The journal supports responsible digital preservation, metadata management, DOI assignment, and archiving practices to ensure that published articles remain accessible to readers, authors, researchers, and indexing services.

11. Final Statement

SEJATI affirms that open access is essential for the advancement of theological scholarship and responsible academic communication. Through this policy, SEJATI ensures that published articles are freely accessible, openly licensed, reusable with proper attribution, and available for scholarly, educational, ecclesial, and public benefit.