Open Access Policy

Policy Overview

The Tobruk University Journal of Medical Sciences (TUJMS) is an open-access journal. All articles are freely and permanently available online immediately upon publication, with no embargo or access delay.

Users may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts for non-commercial purposes only, provided that appropriate credit is given.

Licensing

All articles published in the journal are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

This licence permits users to:

  • Share, copy, and redistribute the material in any medium or format

  • Adapt, remix, transform, and build upon the material for non-commercial purposes only

Provided that appropriate credit is given to the author(s) and the journal, a link to the licence is included, and any changes made are clearly indicated.

Full licence:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Authors retain copyright of their work and grant the journal a non-exclusive right to publish and identify itself as the original publisher.

Author Fees

The journal does not charge any article processing charges (APCs) or submission fees. Publication in TUJMS is free of charge, supporting equitable access and dissemination of research.

Archiving and Preservation

The journal ensures long-term digital preservation of its content through the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN), a secure and distributed archiving system that guarantees continued access to the scholarly record.

Indexing and Visibility

As an open-access journal, TUJMS enhances the visibility and accessibility of published research. Articles are made freely accessible to the global research community without subscription or paywall barriers.