Open access policy

Medicine and Materials is an international, peer-reviewed, OPEN ACCESS journal.

The journal does not charge any submission fee. The Article Publication Charge (APC) is currently suspended; therefore, authors are not charged an APC for articles accepted for publication at this time.

Any future change to the Article Publication Charge will be announced transparently on the journal website before it becomes applicable. Publication fees or an author’s ability to pay do not influence editorial decisions, peer review, acceptance, or rejection.

Open Access Policy

Medicine and Materials provides immediate open access to all published content. No subscription or access fee is required from readers or institutions.

Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Under this license, users are free to:

  • Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format;
  • Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, including commercial purposes.

Under the following conditions:

  • appropriate credit must be given to the author(s) and the original source;
  • a link to the CC BY 4.0 license must be provided;
  • any changes made to the original material must be clearly indicated.

Users are therefore permitted to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to, reuse, and adapt published articles without prior permission from the publisher or authors, provided that the conditions of the CC BY 4.0 license are respected.

Copyright and Authors’ Rights

Authors retain copyright in their published work.

By submitting a manuscript to Medicine and Materials, authors grant the journal a non-exclusive, worldwide right to publish, distribute, reproduce, communicate, and archive the article in all appropriate formats and media.

Authors retain the right to:

  • deposit the submitted manuscript in an appropriate preprint repository;
  • deposit the accepted manuscript in institutional or subject repositories;
  • deposit and share the published Version of Record;
  • share and distribute the article through personal websites, institutional repositories, and academic platforms;
  • reuse the content in future scholarly works, books, lectures, teaching materials, or other publications with appropriate citation.

The publisher does not impose restrictions beyond those associated with the CC BY 4.0 license.

Third-Party Copyrighted Material

Authors are responsible for obtaining all permissions required for the reproduction or adaptation of copyrighted third-party material included in their manuscripts.

This may include, but is not limited to:

  • photographs;
  • screenshots;
  • figures;
  • tables;
  • maps;
  • graphics;
  • images reproduced or adapted from previously published material;
  • other copyrighted content.

Authors must ensure that appropriate permissions, licenses, acknowledgements, and source citations are provided before publication.

Article Publication Charges

Submission fee: NONE

Article Publication Charge (APC): CURRENTLY SUSPENDED

Authors whose manuscripts are accepted for publication are currently not required to pay an Article Publication Charge.

If an APC is introduced or reinstated in the future, the applicable fee and conditions will be clearly published on the journal website. Any future fee policy will apply transparently and will remain independent of the editorial and peer-review process.

Digital Archiving and Preservation

Backup Systems

The journal uses multiple backup systems and independent storage locations to support the preservation and recovery of its digital content.

Copies of journal content are maintained on different servers and backup systems to reduce the risk of permanent data loss.

Internet Archive

The journal uses the Internet Archive as an additional mechanism supporting the preservation and long-term accessibility of publicly available website content.

Website Archiving

Electronic content, including the journal website, published articles, and essential publication data, is maintained using multiple backup sources.

In the event of a technical or server failure, available backup copies may be used to restore journal content.

Long-Term Accessibility

The publisher is committed to maintaining the accessibility of the scholarly record and preserving published articles for the long term.

Bibliographic metadata, DOI records, repository copies, indexing records, and available archival services provide additional mechanisms supporting continued discovery and access to published content.