Open Access Statement

THE INCUBATOR: Journal of Postgraduate Studies, Federal University of Lafia is an open-access journal. All articles published in the journal are made readily available online immediately upon publication in order to promote wide dissemination, accessibility, and scholarly exchange. To sustain this open-access model and cover essential publishing services, the journal operates an Article Processing Charge (APC) system. The APC is ₦45,000 for Nigerian authors, $35 for foreign authors, while authors from the Federal University of Lafia, the host institution, pay ₦35,000.

Submission of a manuscript to the journal constitutes agreement to grant the journal a Licence to Publish if the manuscript is accepted. This licence permits the journal to publish, reproduce, distribute, archive, and disseminate the work in print and electronic formats, including through recognised databases and repositories. If a manuscript is rejected, the licence automatically terminates. The policy further states that the publication is open access and that copyright for each article resides with the publisher.