OPTIMUM: Indonesian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities is an open access journal. All articles published in the journal are freely available to the public, enabling a wide dissemination of research findings. We believe that open access to scholarly knowledge promotes greater visibility, impact, and engagement with academic work, and contributes to the advancement of research across the globe.

All content published in OPTIMUM is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. This means that readers are free to copy, redistribute, remix, transform, and build upon the work, even for commercial purposes, as long as they give appropriate credit to the original authors and provide a link to the license.

The journal does not charge any fees for access to its content. Authors do not need to pay for accessing the journal or for downloading articles. Our goal is to support the free exchange of knowledge and ideas within the academic community, facilitating collaboration and furthering research in the fields of social sciences and humanities.

By publishing in OPTIMUM, authors retain copyright to their work while ensuring it is freely accessible to readers worldwide. This open access model enables research to reach a broader audience, including scholars, policymakers, educators, students, and the general public.