Open Access Policy

The Journal of Sports, Exercise, and Performance (JOSEP) supports the principle that scholarly knowledge should be freely accessible, shareable, and usable. Accordingly, JOSEP provides immediate open access to all published articles without any subscription or access fee.

Open Access Principle

All articles published in JOSEP are made available in full text immediately upon publication without any subscription, access fee, or registration requirement. Readers can freely access abstracts, full texts, PDF files, and bibliographic information through the journal website.

The journal’s open access approach aims to increase the visibility of scholarly work, support wider dissemination of research findings, and strengthen knowledge sharing in sports science, exercise physiology, performance research, and related fields.

Reader Rights

Readers of JOSEP may freely access, read, download, print, share, and use published articles for academic purposes. Such use must comply with the relevant license terms and the requirement to provide proper attribution.

When using published articles, readers must clearly cite the authors, article title, journal title, volume, issue, page information, DOI, and other relevant bibliographic details.

Author Rights

JOSEP supports increasing the visibility and accessibility of authors’ scholarly work. Authors may share their published articles on personal websites, institutional repositories, academic networks, and open access platforms, provided that proper citation is given to the journal and the final published version of the article.

By publishing in JOSEP, authors allow their articles to be accessed and used for academic purposes within the framework of the applicable license terms.

Licensing

Articles published in JOSEP are made available in accordance with the journal’s copyright and licensing policy and in line with open access principles. License terms require ethical use of the content, proper attribution, and clear identification of the original source.

Commercial use, redistribution, adaptation, or republication of articles on other platforms must comply with the applicable license terms and the journal’s copyright policy.

No Access Fees

JOSEP does not charge readers any fee to access published articles. Access to the journal’s content is free of charge. Readers are not required to register, subscribe, or make any payment to access published articles.

Archiving and Long-Term Access

JOSEP aims to support the long-term accessibility of published articles. Content published on the journal website remains available through the journal’s archive system. The journal also carries out electronic deposit and archiving processes in accordance with relevant national systems and institutional requirements.

Open Science Approach

JOSEP considers open access to be an essential part of scholarly communication. The journal supports unrestricted access to scientific knowledge for researchers, practitioners, students, and all readers.