Open Access Policy

Effective date: August 15, 2025.
Last revised: September 13, 2026.
Journal: AI and Science Academic Journal
Platform owner: AI Academic Ltd. (AIFC), registration number (BIN) 260940901080, AFSA registration number: AFSA-O-CA-2026-8266.
Technical platform operator: ALTN LLP (Republic of Kazakhstan), providing the technical operation of the website and publishing of the journal on behalf of AI Academic Ltd. under a concluded service agreement.

In this Policy, the terms "Publisher" and "editorial office" mean AI Academic Ltd., on whose behalf and instruction ALTN LLP carries out the technical operation of the website.

The journal follows the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) and provides open access to all published materials.

1. General Provisions
1.1. All articles are available for reading, downloading and citation without restriction.
1.2. Access to materials is provided free of charge to readers, unless otherwise specified by additional publication or subscription terms.
1.3. The journal reserves the right to change the access model (open, hybrid or subscription format) depending on editorial policy and financial sustainability.

2. Licensing
2.1. All materials are published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0).
2.2. This allows articles to be used freely, provided that authorship is duly credited and the source is referenced.
2.3. Should the access model change, the editorial office undertakes to inform readers of this on the journal's website.

3. Authors' Rights
3.1. Authors retain exclusive rights to their articles.
3.2. Authors may freely deposit their articles in institutional and personal repositories.
3.3. Should an Article Processing Charge (APC) be introduced, authors will be notified in advance, before submitting their materials.

4. Funding Policy (optional)
4.1. The journal currently does not charge authors or readers.
4.2. The editorial office reserves the right to introduce an Article Processing Charge (APC) or a subscription model, should this become necessary to cover publishing costs.
4.3. Should the terms change, all information will be published in open access on the website.

5. Archiving and Availability
5.1. All published materials are preserved in the journal's archive and will remain available in the long term, regardless of any change in the financial model.
5.2. Should the journal move to a paid-access model, previously published archival articles will remain in open access.