Open Access Policy
Organization Development Journal (ODJ) is dedicated to advancing open access, a concept that guarantees the public has unrestricted access to research. ODJ promotes a more welcoming and equitable global exchange of information by making its content available online without any financial restrictions.
By promoting open access, ODJ helps create a scholarly environment that is more transparent and participatory. It promotes cooperation and creativity by making the most recent research findings accessible to and useful to academics from a variety of institutions and backgrounds. Additionally, because it permits wider distribution and citation, open access can raise the prominence and influence of research.
Open access protects authors’ rights while simultaneously providing the public with unfettered access to research. The integrity of their work and the right to be correctly credited and cited are still under the authors’ hands. This harmony between author rights and open access guarantees that research be freely shared while safeguarding the creators’ intellectual property.
Our open access policy also provides various benefits to its authors and editors. The journal editor(s) and guest editors can work out a flexible schedule for the review process, which includes the first submission, review, revision, second review, and final submission. Reviewers typically have two months to turn in their work. This period may be prolonged for particular issues in order to guarantee thorough assessment of the entire issue by a single reviewer.
Open access publishing also gives cost cutting advantage. Here the publishing charges, which covers the costs for editorial handling and editing of a paper, are paid by authors, or authors’ institutes, or research funding agencies. The cost of handling and producing an article is covered through the one-time payment of an article processing charge (APC) for each accepted article.
Online Publishing also provide the advantage of faster publication. Accepted articles are typically published online more rapidly in ODJ than those of traditional, subscription-based and printed journals.