Contemporary
Innovations Journal
Advancing global knowledge through unrestricted access to high-quality scholarly research. Every journal article and open book published by the Contemporary Innovations Journal (CIJ) is made freely available to readers worldwide immediately upon publication.
The Contemporary Innovations Journal (CIJ) is committed to the global advancement of scholarship through an immediate Gold Open Access publishing model. This means that all peer-reviewed journal articles, conference proceedings, scholarly monographs, edited books, book chapters, and other approved academic outputs published by CIJ are freely accessible online immediately after publication, without subscription fees or access restrictions.
Our mission is to ensure that scientific discoveries, scholarly knowledge, professional practice, and educational resources are available to researchers, educators, policymakers, industry professionals, students, and the wider public, regardless of geographic location or institutional funding.
CIJ operates a fully Open Access publishing platform for both its international journals and Open Books programme. Unlike subscription-based publishing, all accepted publications are made available online without cost to readers immediately after publication.
Unless otherwise stated, all CIJ publications are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA) license.
This licence permits anyone to:
Users must always provide appropriate attribution to the original authors and CIJ as the publisher.
Greater global visibility and readership
Higher citation and research impact
Immediate worldwide accessibility
Compliance with institutional and funder mandates
Rapid dissemination of scientific discoveries
Long-term digital preservation
Enhanced collaboration opportunities
Improved public engagement with research
To sustain high-quality Open Access publishing, CIJ operates an Article Processing Charge (APC) model for journals and publication charges for Open Books. These charges support:
Detailed publication fees, waiver policies, discounts and payment procedures are available on the Publication Fees & APCs page.
Authors publishing with CIJ retain copyright to their work while granting CIJ the right to publish, archive, disseminate and preserve the scholarly record. Authors remain free to:
The scholarly publishing ecosystem recognises several Open Access models.
| Model | Description | CIJ Adoption |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Open Access | Immediate free access upon publication. | Primary Model |
| Green Open Access | Repository self-archiving. | Supported |
| Diamond Open Access | No APCs for authors. | Not Currently |
| Hybrid Open Access | Subscription journals with optional OA. | Not Applicable |
| Bronze Open Access | Free to read without formal licence. | Not Used |
Join thousands of researchers making their work freely accessible to the global scholarly community through CIJ's trusted Open Access publishing platform.
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