The Research Journal of Maaref University of Applied Sciences (RJMU) is a fully open-access journal. All content published by the journal is made available online immediately upon publication, free of charge, and without embargo or registration requirements for readers.

RJMU believes that open access supports the wider dissemination of scholarly knowledge, increases the visibility and reach of research, and promotes academic exchange among researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and the public.

All articles published in RJMU are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). Under this license, users may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to, and reuse the content for non-commercial purposes, provided that the original author(s) and source are properly credited. The full license terms are available at:
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Copyright

Authors retain the copyright of their published work without restrictions. By submitting and publishing in RJMU, authors grant the journal the non-exclusive right of first publication and the right to identify itself as the original publisher of the work. The copyright terms of the journal do not override or contradict the terms of the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

Author Charges
RJMU does not charge any fees to authors at any stage of the publication process. There are no submission fees, editorial processing charges, article processing charges (APCs), page charges, or colour charges.

Archiving and Preservation
RJMU is committed to the long-term preservation and accessibility of its published content. Published articles are preserved through the national library.

Repository Policy
Authors may deposit the published version of record of their article in institutional repositories, personal websites, or other non-commercial repositories, provided that full bibliographic citation to the published version in RJMU is included.

Policy Review
RJMU may update this policy from time to time to reflect developments in open-access publishing, licensing, preservation, and scholarly communication.