Open Access Statement

Open Access Statement

The Nigerian Journal of Applied Physics (NJAP) is a strong supporter of open access. All research articles published in NJAP are fully open access — made freely and permanently available to the global research community and the general public immediately upon publication, with no subscription, registration, or payment required from readers.

What Open Access Means for NJAP

Open access in NJAP means that every published article is:

  • Freely available online to all users worldwide — no paywall, no login required
  • Immediately accessible upon publication, with no embargo period
  • Available for any lawful re-use, including commercial applications, subject to proper attribution
  • Permanently citable via a Crossref DOI that resolves to the published record
  • Preserved through stable hosting on the NJAP platform

How Open Access Is Funded

NJAP's open access model is sustained by article processing charges (APCs) contributed by authors or their institutions following manuscript acceptance. Readers, libraries, and research institutions are never charged for access to any content published in NJAP.

Creative Commons Licensing

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

This licence grants any user the freedom to:

  • Share: Copy, download, and redistribute the article in any medium or format
  • Adapt: Transform, translate, remix, or build upon the article to create derivative works
  • Use commercially: Incorporate the article into commercial products, services, or publications

Attribution Requirement

The single condition of the CC BY 4.0 licence is appropriate attribution. Users must:

  • Credit the original author(s) and NJAP in the manner indicated
  • Provide a link to the CC BY 4.0 licence
  • Indicate clearly if any changes were made to the original material
  • Not imply that the authors or NJAP endorse the re-use or the user's work

Full licence details are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Open Access Principles

NJAP's open access commitment is grounded in the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative, the Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing, and the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities.

No part of any NJAP publication may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any form without proper attribution as required by the CC BY 4.0 licence and, where applicable, without prior written consent from the copyright holder.
Last Updated: June 2026  |  NJAP Editorial Board