Open Access Policy

Open Access and Subscription Policy for JOTTER: Journal of Teacher Training and Educational Research

Purpose
JOTTER: Journal of Teacher Training and Educational Research recognizes the importance of open access publishing and aims to provide free and equitable access to scholarly research in teacher education, professional development, and educational research.
This policy is intended to support authors, readers, institutions, librarians, and the wider academic community in accessing and sharing knowledge.

Policy

1. Open Access

  • JOTTER is committed to open access publishing. All articles published in JOTTER are freely available online immediately after publication.
  • Readers, authors, institutions, and librarians may access and download articles from the JOTTER website without subscription fees, access charges, or paywall restrictions.
  • JOTTER does not impose an embargo period on published articles.

2. Creative Commons License

  • All articles published in JOTTER are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • This license allows readers and users to copy, distribute, display, share, and adapt the published work in any medium or format, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and JOTTER as the first publisher.
  • Users must provide a link to the CC BY-SA 4.0 license and indicate whether changes were made.
  • Any adapted or derivative work must be distributed under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

3. Author Retention of Rights

  • Authors retain copyright of their published articles.
  • By submitting and publishing in JOTTER, authors grant the journal the right of first publication.
  • Authors may share the published version of their articles through institutional repositories, personal websites, academic networking platforms, or other scholarly archives, provided that proper citation to the original publication in JOTTER is included.

4. Compliance and Enforcement

  • All stakeholders, including authors, readers, reviewers, institutions, and librarians, are expected to comply with this policy.
  • Users of JOTTER articles must respect the terms of the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, including attribution requirements and the ShareAlike condition.
  • Misuse of published content, including removal of attribution or failure to apply the same license to adapted work, may be addressed by the journal and copyright holder where appropriate.

Note
JOTTER strives to promote the widest possible dissemination of high-quality research in teacher education and educational research. By implementing this open access policy, JOTTER supports knowledge sharing, academic collaboration, innovation, and equitable access to scholarly information.