Open Access Policy

The Journal of Global Smallholder Studies (JGSS) is dedicated to providing unrestricted access to all its published research. As a gold open-access journal, we ensure that the final version of each article is freely and permanently available to all readers immediately upon publication, with no embargo period.

All articles published in the JGSS are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). This allows users to freely share, adapt, and build upon any work for non-commercial purposes, provided the original work is properly cited.

By maintaining this open-access approach, the JGSS aims to foster global collaboration, accelerate the dissemination of knowledge, and promote the continued advancement of research in the field of smallholder studies.