Open Access

Open Access Policy

This is a fully open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful  purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.

Article Publishing Charges

  • The Journal of Geoeconomics will publish accepted submissions under an Open Access model.

  • Submissions accepted before December 31, 2025, will be published free of charge (Diamond Open Access).

  • From 2026 onwards, the Journal will transition to a mixed revenue model, incorporating Article Processing Charges (APCs) and actively seeking external funding.

Open Access Licensing and Copyright

Articles are published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. Most authors can choose between CC BY and CC BY-NC Creative Commons Licenses, though certain funders mandate a particular type of CC license is used. Copyright in the article is vested with the Author under the terms of the Creative Commons. Creative Commons (CC) licenses play an important role in facilitating Gold Open Access publishing. They provide a legal framework for giving users the ability to freely view, download and distribute content. Creative Commons FAQs

Authors who publish with the Journal of Geoeconomics agree to the following terms:

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the Journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in the Journal of Geoeconomics.

  2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in the Journal of Geoeconomics.

Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).