Open Access Policy

Range Management and Agroforestry is committed to the dissemination of high-quality research through open access, promoting global knowledge sharing in the fields of forages, rangelands and agroforestry.

Open Access Model

All articles published in Range Management and Agroforestry are freely accessible online immediately upon publication. Readers can read, download, share, and distribute the full text of published articles without financial, legal, or technical barriers, in accordance with the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI).

Author Rights

Range Management Society of India retain the copyright of published articles. However, authors are free to:

  • Share their article on personal, institutional, or public repositories
  • Reuse content for teaching or further research with proper citation
  • Translate or adapt their work with appropriate attribution

Archiving and Repositories

The journal allows authors to archive preprints and accepted manuscripts in institutional repositories or on personal websites, with appropriate acknowledgment of the published version.

Commitment to Accessibility

By adopting an open access model, Range Management and Agroforestry ensures that research outputs are accessible to a wider global audience, including researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers in both developed and developing regions.