Open Access Policy

The Synergy: Journal of Outcome-Based Community Engagement provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making community service outcomes, socio-economic research, and public health interventions freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

1. Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) Declaration

In accordance with the BOAI definition of open access, all content published in this journal is freely available without charge to the user or their institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, 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.

2. Copyright and Licensing (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The journal allows authors to hold and retain the copyright of their work without restrictions. Articles are published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0).

  • Share: Copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
  • Adapt: Remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose.
  • Attribution & ShareAlike: You must give appropriate credit and distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.

Zero Embargo & No Subscription Paywall

There is no embargo period for any published articles. All accepted and published manuscripts are immediately and permanently free to access for readers globally. We do not require registration or subscription fees to read our content. By providing barrier-free access, The Synergy aims to maximize the real-world applicability of outcome-based community service models.