Open Access policy

Global Trends in Science and Technology (GTST) follows a full open access publishing model. All articles published in the journal are made immediately and permanently available online without any subscription or access fees.

The journal supports the principle that unrestricted access to scientific research promotes wider dissemination of knowledge, encourages collaboration, and increases the visibility and impact of scholarly work worldwide.

Under this policy, readers are permitted to:

• Read full-text articles without restriction
• Download and save content
• Copy and redistribute published material
• Share articles with colleagues and institutions
• Print and archive articles for academic use
• Search and link to full-text publications

These uses are permitted without prior permission from the publisher or authors, provided proper attribution is given and the use complies with the journal’s Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0) license.

By adopting an open access approach, Global Trends in Science and Technology (GTST) ensures that research outputs are freely accessible to researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and the general public, supporting the global exchange of scientific knowledge.