Open Access and Publication Charges
Economic Dialogue: International Journal of Policy and Practice (EDIJPP) is a peer-reviewed, fully Open Access journal published by the Department of Economics, Virtual University of Pakistan.
All published articles are immediately and permanently available online without subscription or access charges. Readers may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text of articles without prior permission, provided proper attribution is given.
Article Processing Charges (APCs)
- Submission Fee: None
- Article Processing Charge (APC): None
- Publication Fee: None
The journal does not charge authors any fees for manuscript submission, peer review, article processing, publication, or online hosting.
Funding
The publication and operational expenses of the journal are fully supported by the Department of Economics, Virtual University of Pakistan. The journal operates on a Diamond Open Access model, under which neither authors nor readers are charged any fees.
Copyright and Licensing
Authors retain the copyright of their published work.
Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, adaptation, and reproduction in any medium, provided appropriate credit is given to the original authors and source.
Digital Preservation and Archiving
To ensure long-term accessibility and preservation, all published content is archived through:
- Virtual University Institutional Repository
- Journal website archive
- Additional indexing and abstracting databases as the journal become eligible
Permanent article URLs and metadata are maintained to ensure continued accessibility.
Accessibility
The journal provides:
- Immediate Open Access to all published articles
- No embargo period
- Free worldwide online access
- No registration required for reading or downloading articles
Publication Ethics
The journal follows internationally accepted standards of publication ethics and peer review. Authors, reviewers, and editors are expected to comply with the journal's publication ethics, plagiarism policy, conflict of interest policy, and editorial procedures.