Open Access Policy

Directive Publications is a fully open-access publisher. Every article is freely available online immediately upon publication, with no subscription, registration, or payment required to read, download, or share.

Licensing

Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0) licence. This means anyone may copy, distribute, adapt, and build upon the work — including for commercial purposes — provided appropriate credit is given to the original authors and source, and any changes are indicated.

Author rights

• Authors retain copyright of their work.
• Authors grant readers the rights described by the CC-BY licence.
• Authors may deposit the published version in repositories and on personal or institutional websites without embargo (self-archiving is permitted).

Benefits of open access

• Greater reach — research is accessible to anyone, anywhere, increasing readership and potential impact.
• Faster dissemination — findings reach the community without subscription barriers.
• Reuse & reproducibility — open licensing supports text/data mining, teaching, and replication.
• Public benefit — publicly and privately funded research is returned to the communities it serves.

How open access is funded

Because we do not charge readers, the costs of peer review, editing, production, and permanent archiving are met through Article Processing Charges where applicable. Fee waivers and discounts are available to ensure that ability to pay is never a barrier to publishing high-quality work — see Publication Charges and our Waiver & Refund Policy.