Open Access Policy
Open access policy
All articles published by JITS are made immediately available worldwide under an open access license. This means:
- Everyone has free and unlimited access to the full-text of all articles published in JITS;
- Everyone is free to re-use the published material if proper accreditation/citation of the original publication is given;
- Open access publication is supported by the authors' institutes or research funding agencies by payment of a comparatively low Article Processing Charge (APC) for accepted articles.
Permissions
No special permission is required to reuse all or part of article published by JITS, including figures and tables. For articles published under an open access Creative Common CC BY license, any part of the article may be reused without permission provided that the original article is clearly cited. Reuse of an article does not imply endorsement by the authors or JITS.
Meaning of Open Access
- In accordance with major definitions of open access in scientific literature (namely the Budapest, Berlin, and Bethesda declarations), JITS defines open access by the following conditions:
- Peer-reviewed literature is freely available without subscription or price barriers,
- Lterature is immediately released in open access format (no embargo period), and
- Published material can be re-used without obtaining permission as long as a correct citation to the original publication is given.
This means that all articles published in JITS journals, including data, graphics, and supplements, can be linked from external sources, scanned by search engines, re-used by text mining applications or websites, blogs, etc. free of charge under the sole condition of proper accreditation of the source and original publisher. JITS believes that open access publishing fosters the exchange of research results amongst scientists from different disciplines, thus facilitating interdisciplinary research. Open access publishing also provides access to research results to researchers worldwide, including those from developing countries, and to an interested general public. Although JITS publishes all of its journals under the open access model, we believe that open access is an enriching part of the scholarly communication process that can and should co-exist with other forms of communication and publication, such as society-based publishing and conferencing activities.
Important Note: some articles (especially Reviews) may contain figures, tables or text taken from other publications, for which JITS does not hold the copyright or the right to re-license the published material. Please note that you should inquire with the original copyright holder (usually the original publisher or authors), whether or not this material can be re-used.
Benefits of publishing open access
Publishing open access has a number of benefits. They include and not limited to:
- It increases citation and usage: Closed access models places the burden for access to the reader however under open access once the article has been archived, it is freely available to the public.
- Greater public engagement: Content is available to those who are limited to subscription content.
- Increased interdisciplinary conversation: Open access journals that cross multiple disciplines help researchers connect more easily and providing greater visibility of their research.
- Wider collaboration: Open access publications and data enable researchers to carry out collaborative research on a global scale.
- Faster impact: With permissive licences like CC BY, researchers are empowered to build on existing research quickly.
- Compliance with open access mandates: Open access journals and books comply with major funding policies internationally because in most cases funding are allocated for open access publishing of findings.
