Open Access Policy

Open Access Policy

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Open Access

International Journal of Wound Research (IJWR) is a fully open-access journal. All published articles are made freely, immediately, and permanently available online upon publication.

Readers are not required to pay subscription, registration, pay-per-view, or access fees. The journal does not apply embargo periods to published content.

Users may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to, index, analyse, and otherwise lawfully reuse published articles in accordance with the applicable Creative Commons licence.

Authors retain copyright in their work and do not transfer copyright to the Journal or Publisher.

Upon publication, authors grant iEditore a non-exclusive right of first publication and a non-exclusive right to publish, reproduce, distribute, preserve, register, index, promote, communicate, and make the article available as part of the International Journal of Wound Research.

Authors may share, deposit, reproduce, distribute, adapt, translate, and otherwise reuse their own original work without requesting permission from the Journal or Publisher, subject only to any rights, permissions, confidentiality obligations, or other restrictions applying to third-party material included in the article.

The Creative Commons licence applied to the published article governs reuse by readers and other third parties. It does not restrict the authors’ exercise of the copyright they retain in their own original work.

Authors retain their moral rights to the extent recognized by applicable law, including the right to be identified as the authors of the work.

Creative Commons Licence

Unless otherwise clearly indicated, articles published by IJWR are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0).

The CC BY 4.0 licence permits readers and other third parties to:

  • copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format;
  • share the article through websites, repositories, databases, educational platforms, and other services;
  • adapt, translate, remix, transform, and build upon the material;
  • reuse the material for research, educational, professional, and commercial purposes.

These permissions apply provided that users give appropriate credit, provide a link to the licence, and indicate whether changes were made.

The licence information is displayed on the article webpage and included in the published article file.

Reuse and Attribution

When reusing material published by IJWR, users must provide appropriate attribution to the original authors and source.

Attribution should include, where available:

  • the names of the authors;
  • the title of the article;
  • the journal title;
  • the year, volume, issue, and page or article number;
  • the article DOI or permanent URL;
  • a link to the CC BY 4.0 licence;
  • an indication of whether the material has been modified, translated, or adapted.

Attribution must not suggest that the authors, Journal, editors, or Publisher endorse the user, the reuse, a product, a service, or an adapted interpretation.

Users must not apply legal terms or technological measures that prevent others from exercising the rights permitted by the licence.

Third-Party Material

The CC BY 4.0 licence applies only to material for which the authors or Publisher are legally entitled to grant that licence. Figures, tables, photographs, clinical images, questionnaires, scales, instruments, illustrations, datasets, multimedia files, and other third-party material may be subject to separate copyright, licensing, privacy, consent, or contractual restrictions. Where third-party material is excluded from the article’s Creative Commons licence, this must be indicated in the relevant credit line, figure legend, table note, or other accompanying statement. Users wishing to reproduce material that is not covered by the CC BY 4.0 licence are responsible for obtaining permission directly from the relevant copyright holder. Authors are responsible for obtaining and documenting all permissions required for third-party material before publication.

Self-Archiving and Repository Deposit

IJWR permits authors to deposit and share versions of their manuscripts in institutional repositories, subject repositories, personal academic webpages, research networks, and other non-exclusive scholarly platforms.

Authors may deposit:

  • the submitted manuscript;
  • the accepted manuscript following peer review;
  • the published Version of Record.

No embargo period is imposed by the Journal.

When depositing the published Version of Record, authors should include the complete citation, DOI, a link to the journal webpage, and the applicable CC BY 4.0 licence statement.

Deposited versions should be clearly identified so that readers can distinguish between the submitted manuscript, accepted manuscript, Just Accepted Manuscript, and final Version of Record.

Article Versions and Early Publication

Following formal acceptance, IJWR may make a manuscript available online as a Just Accepted Manuscript before completion of copyediting, typesetting, author proofreading, pagination, and final production.

Just Accepted Manuscripts have completed the applicable editorial and peer-review process but remain provisional and non-final. They are clearly identified as unedited versions and may contain linguistic, formatting, bibliographic, or production errors.

Following completion of copyediting, typesetting, author proofreading, metadata verification, and final editorial quality checks, the article is published as the Version of Record.

The Version of Record is the final and authoritative version for citation, interpretation, and reuse. Where a Just Accepted Manuscript was previously published, readers are directed to the corresponding Version of Record when it becomes available.

Articles may also be published as final Online First Versions of Record before assignment to a regular issue.

The licence and version status applicable to each published file must be clearly indicated on the article webpage or within the relevant document.

Preprints and Prior Dissemination

The prior deposit of a manuscript on a recognized preprint server, institutional repository, or personal academic webpage does not normally prevent submission to IJWR.

Previous publication of a conference abstract, poster, presentation, thesis, dissertation, registered report, study protocol, or other limited preliminary version does not automatically constitute duplicate publication.

Authors must disclose all relevant prior dissemination at the time of submission and provide the DOI, URL, citation, or other permanent identifier where available.

A manuscript developed from previously disseminated material must provide a sufficiently complete and original scholarly contribution and must comply with the Journal’s policies concerning duplicate publication, copyright, transparency, and attribution.

After publication, authors are encouraged to update the preprint or repository record with the full citation and a direct link to the Version of Record.

Text and Data Mining

The CC BY 4.0 licence permits lawful text and data mining, computational analysis, machine processing, indexing, and automated extraction of information from published articles.

Users conducting text or data mining must comply with the attribution requirements of the licence and must not misrepresent the source, meaning, findings, or authorship of the published material.

The reuse of clinical images, patient information, sensitive data, third-party material, or restricted supplementary files may remain subject to additional ethical, legal, privacy, consent, and licensing requirements.

Publication and Access Fees

IJWR operates as a diamond open-access journal and does not charge fees to authors or readers.

The Journal does not charge:

  • article processing charges;
  • submission fees;
  • publication fees;
  • page charges;
  • fees based on article length;
  • colour figure charges;
  • supplementary material fees;
  • subscription or pay-per-view charges.

Authors are not required to pay for acceptance, peer review, publication, open access, or routine production of their articles.

Separate institutional, conference, sponsorship, printing, or publishing-service agreements do not influence the evaluation, peer review, acceptance, or rejection of individual manuscripts.

For information concerning funded Special Issues, supplements, and conference publications, please refer to the Journal’s Special Issues, Supplements, and Conference Content Policy.

Contact

Questions concerning open access, copyright, licensing, permissions, reuse, or repository deposit may be addressed to:

Editorial Office
International Journal of Wound Research
Email: ijwr@ieditore.com