Open Access Policy

World Halal Review (WHR)

1. Open Access Statement

World Halal Review (WHR) provides immediate open access to all published content. All articles are freely available online without subscription, registration, or payment.

WHR supports the principle that making research freely available to the public fosters greater global exchange of knowledge and enhances academic impact.

2. Licensing Terms

All articles published in WHR are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

Under this license, users are permitted to:

  • Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format;
  • Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material;

Under the following conditions:

  • Attribution — Appropriate credit must be given to the original author(s) and source;
  • NonCommercial — The material may not be used for commercial purposes;
  • ShareAlike — If the material is adapted, the new work must be distributed under the same license.

3. Author Rights

Authors retain copyright of their published work. By submitting to WHR, authors grant the journal the right of first publication and the non-exclusive right to distribute the work under the Creative Commons license specified above.

4. Repository and Archiving Policy

Authors are permitted to deposit the published version of their article in institutional repositories, personal websites, or other non-commercial platforms, provided proper citation and acknowledgment of first publication in WHR is included.

5. Accessibility and Use

Readers may download, print, distribute, and link to full-text articles without asking prior permission from the publisher or author, as long as the licensing terms are respected.

6. Compliance and Transparency

WHR adheres to international open access standards and ensures transparency in licensing, copyright ownership, and usage rights.

WHR is committed to ethical, accessible, and globally inclusive scholarly communication.

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 License