Open Access Policy

Open Access Policy

The European Hebrew Journal (EHJ) is committed to the principles of open scholarly communication and unrestricted access to academic knowledge.

EHJ provides immediate, permanent, and free access to all published content, based on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports the global exchange of knowledge and advances scholarship in Hebrew studies, philology, linguistics, textual criticism, manuscript studies, Jewish studies, theology, and related interdisciplinary fields.

All articles published in EHJ are accessible online without subscription fees, institutional barriers, or paywalls.

  1. Immediate Open Access

EHJ operates under a full open access publishing model, meaning:

• all published articles are freely available immediately upon publication;
• readers may access, download, read, cite, and share articles without charge;
• no embargo periods apply.

The journal believes unrestricted access increases:

• visibility of research;
• scholarly impact;
• citation potential;
• international academic collaboration.

  1. Article Processing Charges (APCs)

At present:

EHJ does not charge Article Processing Charges (APCs).

Authors are not required to pay:

• submission fees;
• review fees;
• publication fees;
• processing fees.

Publication decisions are based exclusively on scholarly merit.

  1. Reader Rights

Readers may:

• read articles freely;
• download published material;
• distribute links to published works;
• cite and reference content according to academic standards;
• use published research in accordance with the applicable licensing conditions.

Proper attribution to authors and original publication remains mandatory.

  1. Author Rights

Authors retain copyright of their work and are encouraged to:

• share published versions;
• deposit publications in institutional repositories;
• archive works in disciplinary repositories;
• disseminate publications through academic platforms and personal websites.

Authors are encouraged to increase accessibility and scholarly visibility of their research.

  1. Long-Term Accessibility and Preservation

EHJ supports long-term preservation and discoverability of scholarly content through:

• digital archiving practices;
• persistent identifiers where applicable (DOIs);
• indexing initiatives;
• repository integration when available.

The journal aims to ensure continued public availability of published research.

  1. Commitment to Global Scholarly Exchange

EHJ particularly encourages open dissemination of scholarship concerning:

• Biblical Hebrew;
• Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Hebrew;
• Semitic linguistics;
• Dead Sea Scrolls studies;
• textual criticism;
• manuscript traditions;
• Jewish studies;
• philology;
• lexicography;
• translation studies;
• theology and related interdisciplinary research.

The journal views open access as an essential condition for equitable international scholarship.

  1. Licensing

Specific copyright and licensing conditions are described in the journal’s Copyright & Licensing Policy.

All articles published in EHJ are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

The full license text is available at:

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Last updated: May 2026

European Hebrew Journal (EHJ)
Institute for Hebrew Language and Literature
Belgrade, Serbia