The Journal of Stability Studies and Public Policy (JSSPP) is committed to the principles of open, equitable, and unrestricted access to scholarly knowledge. JSSPP operates under a Diamond Open Access model, whereby all published articles are freely accessible to readers and authors are not charged Article Processing Charges (APCs), submission fees, or publication fees.

All articles are made immediately and freely available online upon publication. No subscription, registration, paywall, or access fee is required to read or download published content. Readers may access, read, download, copy, share, and redistribute published articles in accordance with the terms of the applicable Creative Commons license.

All articles published by JSSPP are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). This license permits users to share and redistribute the published material in any medium or format, as well as to adapt, remix, transform, and build upon the material for any lawful purpose, including commercial use, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and source, a link to the CC BY 4.0 license is provided, and any changes to the original material are clearly indicated.

Authors retain copyright of their published work. By publishing with JSSPP, authors grant the journal the right of first publication and a non-exclusive right to publish, distribute, archive, and make the published work publicly accessible as part of the journal’s open access publishing model. Authors retain the right to share, reuse, and disseminate their published work in accordance with the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license.

JSSPP does not charge authors any Article Processing Charges (APCs), submission fees, acceptance fees, publication fees, or other mandatory charges associated with the publication of scholarly articles. The journal’s Diamond Open Access model is intended to ensure that financial considerations do not create barriers to either publishing or accessing scholarly research.

JSSPP regards open access as an essential component of equitable scholarly communication. By removing financial and access barriers, the journal seeks to facilitate the dissemination, accessibility, reuse, and application of research in Stability Studies, public policy, governance, and related interdisciplinary fields.

Through this publishing model, JSSPP supports transparent and inclusive scholarly communication and seeks to ensure that published research is available to researchers, policymakers, practitioners, educators, and other interested readers without financial barriers.