The Advanced Journal of Science and Innovation (AJSI) is a fully open-access journal. All articles published in AJSI are made freely and permanently available online immediately upon publication, without subscription charges, access fees, registration requirements, or embargo periods.

AJSI supports the broad dissemination of scholarly knowledge and promotes unrestricted access to high-quality research for researchers, practitioners, institutions, policymakers, students, and the public worldwide.

Licensing

All articles published in AJSI are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Under this licence, users are free to:

• Read, download, copy, print, share, and redistribute the article in any medium or format.
• Adapt, remix, transform, and build upon the article for any purpose, including commercial purposes.
• Use the article for educational, research, professional, and other lawful purposes.

These permissions are granted provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and the source, a link to the Creative Commons licence is provided, and any changes made to the original work are clearly indicated.

Author Rights and Copyright

Authors retain copyright in their published work. By submitting and publishing in AJSI, authors grant the journal and the Canadian Academy for Science and Innovation (CASI Inc.) a non-exclusive licence to publish the article, identify itself as the original publisher, and distribute the published version of record.

Authors may share, deposit, distribute, and reuse their published articles immediately after publication, including through personal websites, institutional repositories, disciplinary repositories, academic networks, and other lawful platforms, provided that appropriate acknowledgement is given to the original publication in AJSI.

Third-Party Content

Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce any third-party material, including figures, tables, images, datasets, or substantial extracts, where such permission is required. Third-party material that is not covered by the CC BY 4.0 licence must be clearly identified in the published article.

No Embargo and No Access Restrictions

AJSI does not impose embargo periods on published articles. Readers may access and reuse the full text of published articles immediately and without charge, subject to the terms of the CC BY 4.0 licence.

This policy supports the principles of open scholarship, research visibility, knowledge sharing, and the widest possible dissemination and reuse of published research.