The Communications of the IBIMA (CIBIMA) is an open access Journal.  Open access journals are those that provide immediate and free access of all published full-text articles to interested readers around the world.   Open access provide readers with the ability to view, save, print, copy, distribute, transmit, and adapt any published article without fee-based subscriptions.

Open access publishing (OAP) can provide several benefits to participating authors.  It helps in maximizing the dissemination and impact of research by making it available to all readers worldwide.  Further, recently published literature suggest that OAP increases the chance of more citations of the published work, which in turn can be translated into more recognition of research.  More importantly, OAP promotes and encourages cumulative research and knowledge building worldwide by providing easy, enhanced, and accelerated access to research.

Publishing an article in The The Communications of the IBIMA requires payment of the manuscript processing charges once the manuscript accepted for publication.  The payment is to be made by one of the authors, their university/organization, or funding entity.  The manuscript processing charges are designed to allow publishers to recover manuscript processing expenses and the cost of making the full-text available on the Internet to all interested researchers. 

Manuscript Types:

Research paper: is a full paper with complete set of references.  This include completed research, research in progress, liturature review, meta analysis, conceptual papers, and case studies.
Viewpoint: an article that reflects the author’s opinion, interpretation, or future projection.
Book Review: a review of rcently published book.
Project List: Reference lists of research groups, and current projects and applications.  


Copyright
Authors who publish in any IBIMA Publishing open access journal retain the copyright of their work under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License, which allows the unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction of an article in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.  No permission is required from the authors or the publishers.


Important Disclaimer

Neither this Journal nor IBIMA Publishing accepts any liability whatsoever for the consequences of any such inaccurate, misleading data, opinions, or statements. Although every effort is made by the journal and the editorial board of this open access journal to see that no inaccurate, misleading data, opinions, or statements appear in the published article.  It has to be clear that the data,  opinions, and statements appearing in the articles are the sole responsibility of the author(s).