Copyright and OA Policy

1.    Open Access：Journal of Jilin University (Medicine Edition) flipped to an open access journal in 2023. Since the first issue of 2023, all articles, once published, are immediately and permanently available for readers to read and download free of charge. Articles published from the 3^rd issue of 2009 to 2022 are turned to open access works, which can be read and downloaded free of charge on this website. For technical reasons, articles published in the 2^nd issue 2009 and before are not open access works. However, some article abstracts could be searched and read on this website.

2.     OA Licensing: Journal of Jilin University (Medicine Edition) is an open access journal and adopts the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license， which allows re-users to copy and distribute the open access papers of the journal in any medium or format as long as the following terms are observed. When copying and distributing papers from the journal, third-party users must provide appropriate attribution, include a link to the license, and indicate whether any modifications have been made to the original paper. Attribution should be done in a reasonable manner, but should not imply endorsement by the journal. The papers from the journal cannot be used for commercial purposes. If the papers are remixed, transformed, or built upon, the modified material cannot be distributed. The full details of the license are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.

3.   Copyright Transfer: All authors should sign the Copyright Transfer Agreement and agree to transfer the entire copyright of the article, including the right of compilation (part or all of the article), distribution, reproduction, adaptation, translation, information network dissemination, etc., to the Editorial Office of Jilin University Journal (Medicine Edition) worldwide, applicable to all parts of the world. The authors agree to the open access policy of this journal. Authors and third-party re-users can reproduce and disseminate this article under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) License. The Editorial Office agrees that the authors may continue to use the article under the following circumstances: ① patent application; ②academic reports and lectures; ③Non-commercial academic exchanges; ④ other activities authorized by the Editorial Office or permitted by the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License.

4.    Archive：The soft and hard copies of each issue are archived in the Editorial Office. In order to ensure data security, all information has also been backed up in the Editorial Office. In addition, other relevant materials are also kept by the Editorial Office, such as supplementary information and forms provided by the authors. The journal’s articles can also be downloaded in full text from databases including CNKI, Wanfang and Weipu, etc. If the journal and the website were closed, archived data could be retrieved through those full-text databases.

5.    Data Sharing: Authors are encouraged to publish or share their research data whenever appropriate. Data sharing is helpful for experiment replication and data reuse. The data for sharing may include original data, observation records, experimental results, etc. The journal also encourages the sharing of software, code, models, algorithms, protocols, methods and other useful materials. The authors can upload the materials above to an accessible third-party repository and make a proper citation or add a link at the end of the article.

6.    Author Self-Archiving: The journal allows authors to store all versions of their articles in institutional or other knowledge repositories of their choice. The metadata of the archived articles must include proper journal publication information and be cited as recommended.