Open Access Policy

BLESS provides open access for researchers to facilitate access to knowledge. The full text of articles published in this journal may be read, downloaded, copied, distributed, printed, searched, or linked to the full text of this article, stored, tracked for indexing, passed on as data to software, or used for other legitimate purposes, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inherent in internet access itself.

BLESS is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

This journal follows the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in handling all aspects of publication ethics and, in particular, how to deal with cases of research and publication misconduct. This statement explains the ethical behavior of all parties involved in the process of publishing articles in this journal, including authors, Editor-in-Chief, editors, peer reviewers, and the publisher LPPM Universitas Widya Dharma Pontianak. This journal is committed to following best practices regarding ethics, errors, and retractions. Preventing publication malpractice is one of the important responsibilities of the editorial board. Unethical behavior in any form is unacceptable, and this journal does not tolerate plagiarism in any form.