Repository & Self-Archiving Policy

The journal is fully committed to advancing global Open Access principles by granting authors unrestricted self-archiving rights across all stages of the publishing workflow.

  • Policy Scope Notice: All provisions of this policy are officially established, adopted, and maintained exclusively within this official journal website (On-Site Policy). Authors are not required to interact with third-party verification platforms to apply these terms.

1. Author Self-Archiving & Version Rights

Authors retain the right to self-archive and deposit all iterations of their manuscript without restrictions:

  • Submitted Version (Preprint): The original manuscript prior to peer review.

  • Accepted Version (Postprint): The peer-reviewed, accepted manuscript following editorial revision.

  • Published Version (Publisher's Final PDF): The final formatted PDF published on this website.

2. Allowed Repositories & Academic Networks

While primary publishing processes are managed directly on this website, authors are permitted to deposit their work across multiple platforms, including:

  • Academic indexing platforms and scholarly networks, including Google Scholar and ResearchGate.

  • Institutional and university digital repositories.

  • Public digital archives, such as the Internet Archive.

3. Embargo Period & Conditions

  • No Embargo: Immediate self-archiving is permitted upon publication without any waiting period.

  • Sole Condition: Authors must provide explicit attribution to the journal as the original place of publication, including a direct functional link (URL or DOI) back to the article's permanent page on this official website.