Open Access Policy, Statement and Licensing

It is the policy of the Retail and Marketing Review to publish a fully open access journal.  This journal is published online in an Open Access format according to the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) as from March 2021 and fulfils the DOAJ definition of open access.

Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, crawl for indexing or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. Open Access applies to future and all past issues of the journal. Authors who submit their articles for publication must be aware, and be comfortable, with the fact that all articles will be made available on the internet to all users worldwide as soon as it is published. It is further acknowledged that all material will be available for commercial and non-commercial use and distribution in all types of mediums, as long as the author and journal are properly credited in the use thereof.

The advantages of open access for authors include increased visibility and exposure, free access worldwide to users.

Open Access applies to future and all past issues of the journal. Authors retain copyright and full publication rights. Rights for authors and publisher can be viewed here. Please make sure you are familiar with the RMR’s Copyright terms.