The Journal of Information Technologies and Communication adheres to full open access principles and aims to disseminate scientific knowledge without hindrance. All published articles are permanently accessible online to readers without any financial, legal, or technical barriers.

Open Access and Licensing

All content published in the journal is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). This license permits users to read, download, copy, reproduce, distribute, print, and link to articles for non-commercial purposes, provided that proper attribution is given to the original authors and sources. Permission from the copyright holder is required for uses outside the scope of this license. Through this licensing framework, the journal supports open science practices and promotes the responsible and ethical sharing of research outputs.

Long-Term Digital Preservation (Archiving)

The Journal of Information Technologies and Communication is hosted on the DergiPark (ULAKBİM) platform, which provides national academic publishing infrastructure in Turkey. The archiving and long-term digital preservation processes for the journal's content are centrally managed through ULAKBİM Journal Systems (UDS), ensuring the long-term accessibility, integrity, and sustainability of the published scientific content.

Publication License

Authors grant the Journal of Information Technologies and Communication a non-exclusive publication license to publish their work and to enable the journal to be identified as the original publisher. This license allows the journal to:

• publish and distribute the article,
• store and preserve the content in digital archives,
• include the work in indexing and abstracting services.
This arrangement ensures that authors retain ownership of their work while enabling the journal to fulfill its role as the original scientific publisher. Author Responsibilities
The ethical, scientific, and legal responsibility for the content of published articles rests entirely with the authors.

Author Rights and Responsibilities
The ethical, scientific, and legal responsibility for the content of published articles rests entirely with the authors.

Authors may store the final published version of their articles in institutional and field-based archives, on their personal websites, and on other platforms of their choice. In this context, it is necessary to accurately and completely cite the Journal of Information Technologies and Communication as the first publication location and to comply with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Transparency and Ethical Statements
In order to ensure academic integrity, transparency, and compliance with international publication standards, the following statements are mandatory in articles:
• Author Contribution Statement
• Conflict of Interest Statement
• Ethical Statement (including informed consent statement with ethics committee name, approval date and decision number where necessary)
• Funding Information
• Data Availability Statement
• Artificial Intelligence Use Statement