Open Access Policy

J. Sport Mov. Sci. is an open access journal that provides immediate, free, and unrestricted access to all published content. All articles published in the journal are available online without any financial, legal, or technical barriers, in accordance with the principles of open access publishing.

The journal adopts the open access model to promote the widespread dissemination of scientific knowledge, increase the visibility of research, and support the global exchange of academic information. Readers are permitted to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, and link to the full texts of articles without prior permission from the publisher or authors, provided that proper attribution is given.

All articles published in J. Sport Mov. Sci. are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) International License, unless otherwise stated. This license allows others to share and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original authors and the source.

Authors retain the copyright of their work while granting the journal the right of first publication. Any reuse of the published material must comply with the terms of the applicable Creative Commons license.

There are no subscription fees or access charges for readers. Any applicable article processing charges (APCs), if stated separately, are related solely to editorial and publishing services and do not affect the peer-review or editorial decision-making process.