Open Access Statement

PIETAS: Jurnal Studi Agama dan Lintas Budaya (Journal of Religious and Cross-Cultural Studies) is committed to the principles of immediate, free, and unrestricted open access to scholarly research. All published articles are freely available online immediately upon publication without subscription fees, registration requirements, or other access barriers.

By providing open access to scholarly content, PIETAS aims to promote the dissemination, visibility, accessibility, and impact of research in the fields of religious studies and cross-cultural studies. The journal supports the global exchange of academic knowledge and encourages scholarly communication among researchers, practitioners, institutions, and communities.

Readers are permitted to access, read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to, and reuse published articles for lawful academic and educational purposes in accordance with the journal's applicable Creative Commons license.

All published articles in PIETAS are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), unless otherwise stated. This license allows users to share, adapt, and reuse published materials provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s), the article title, the journal name, and the original publication source.

Authors retain copyright ownership of their published works while granting PIETAS the right of first publication and the right to distribute the published article through the journal's online platform and associated scholarly indexing and preservation services.

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PIETAS supports the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) by promoting free and unrestricted access to scholarly literature and supporting the broad dissemination of academic knowledge.

The journal is committed to maintaining long-term accessibility and preservation of published content through appropriate digital archiving practices to ensure the continuity and integrity of the scholarly record.