Journal of Young Scientist is an open access journal that does not charge readers or their institutions for access.
All research articles published in Journal of Young Scientist in full text are immediately freely available to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link and share.
Digital preservation (archiving policy)
Our journal is committed to ensuring the long-term preservation and accessibility of its published content. To this end, we developed our own professional digital preservation service under the Journal Publisher's management. Currently, our journal is archived through the long-term preservation service provided by University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Bucharest Romania. This service ensures the secure storage and perpetual accessibility of our journal’s content. It utilizes robust archiving methodologies to protect against data loss and degradation. By implementing this system, we ensure that our publications are preserved in compliance with recognized standards for digital preservation, including regular updates and checks to maintain data integrity.
The digital preservation service provided by University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Bucharest Romania ensures a safeguard for the scholarly records, ensuring that our articles remain accessible to researchers and readers for future generations.
We continuously review our archiving strategies to align with best practices in digital preservation.
Repository policy
Our journal supports the open dissemination of research and allows authors to deposit versions of their work in our institutional repository. Below is our policy regarding the different versions of the papers that authors can deposit:
1. Submitted version (preprint): authors are allowed to deposit the submitted version of their manuscript (preprint) in our institutional repository at any time. There is no embargo period for this version. This needs to be accompanied by a statement that the manuscript is a preprint and has not yet undergone peer review.
2. Accepted version (author accepted manuscript): authors are permitted to deposit the accepted version (post-peer-review, but before final typesetting and formatting) of their manuscript in our institutional repository. This version can be deposited immediately upon acceptance, without any embargo.
3. Published version (version of record): the final, published version (version of record) can also be deposited in our institutional repository. Authors may share this version immediately upon publication, without any embargo. The published version should be cited appropriately with a DOI or a direct link to the journal's website.