Open Access Statement

The Journal of the National Institute of Justice is an Open Access electronic publication, subject to a double peer review process, with free online access. According to the definition of open access in the Budapest Open Access Initiative, users have the right to "read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link" to the full texts of articles.

"Open access" allows peer-reviewed research literature to be freely available on the public Internet, allowing any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any lawful purpose without, any financial, legal or technical barriers, other than those inseparable from the access itself to internet. The only limitation on reproduction or distribution, and the only role of copyright in this field, is that we give authors control over the integrity of their work and the rights to be properly acknowledged and cited.

Open Access to scientific research results is supported in particular by the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI), the Berlin and Bethesda initiatives. In our country, state policy in the sphere of science and innovation is carried out on the basis of the Code on Science and Innovation of the Republic of Moldova, adopted in 2004, which provides for the guarantee of access to scientific information.

National Institute of Justice, founder Journal of the National Institute of Justice, supports the Open Access policy and assumes the obligation to provide access to the publication in question. The Journal of the National Institute of Justice declares itself an Open Access scientific publication, being an alternative for the publication and promotion of scientific results in the field of law.