Open Access and Fees

Contemporary Journal of English Language Teaching

Open Access and Fees

CJELT is committed to making English language teaching scholarship freely available to readers, teachers, researchers, and communities around the world.

Knowledge should be accessible

All articles published by CJELT are immediately and permanently available online without subscription, registration, or payment. Readers may access, download, share, and use published work with proper attribution.

Fully Open Access

Published articles are freely available to everyone from the date of publication.

No Author Fees

CJELT charges no submission fee, article processing charge, or publication fee.

Author Copyright

Authors retain copyright in their work while granting CJELT the right to publish it.

CC BY 4.0

Articles may be shared and adapted when the original authors and source are properly credited.

Open Access Policy

CJELT provides immediate open access to all published content. No subscription or payment is required to read, download, or share an article.

This approach supports the wider exchange of knowledge and helps research reach teachers, students, researchers, institutions, and communities internationally.

Submission and Publication Fees

CJELT does not charge authors at any stage of the publication process.

There are no:

• submission fees
• article processing charges
• editorial or peer-review fees
• publication fees
• charges for online access

Copyright and Licensing

Authors retain copyright in their published work. By publishing with CJELT, authors grant the journal the right of first publication.

CJELT publishes articles under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

This license allows others to copy, distribute, translate, adapt, and build upon the work, including for commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author and source.

Using Published Articles

Readers may use CJELT articles for research, teaching, professional learning, classroom materials, and other lawful purposes. The author, article title, journal name, and publication source should be properly acknowledged.