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Open Access is a mechanism that allows free access to literature on the public Internet, enabling users to read, download, copy, and use it for any legal purposes without financial, legal, or technical barriers, other than those inherent to accessing the Internet itself. Open Access is a new step in digital publishing, where valuable research and scientific contributions from authors are available online without additional fees.

Open Access allows anyone using Index Copernicus scientific journals to freely copy, distribute, and transmit works without financial or legal barriers. It enables authors to learn from previous research and create innovative extensions to previously published scientific works.

Open Access has also opened a new pathway in the field of science and experience through free scientific publications. As the readership of publications increases, the direct impact of articles grows, helping authors gain citations.

Open Access is a means to improve scientific quality through full compliance with traditional peer review and allowing public, collaborative, or community review. Interactive forums and discussions are more flexible within Open Access, helping the scientific community improve the quality of scientific publications.

Through Open Access publications, authors gain:

- Easy and immediate online access to works.

- Use of high-quality, fast peer review standards and rapid publication.

- Increased visibility and author presence through free distribution and frequent citations.

- Licensing and reuse policy through Creative Commons (CC-BY) license.

- High impact factor and opportunities to be cited, enhancing the author's research profile.

Archiving is digital preservation, which can be viewed as a set of processes and activities ensuring that information currently existing in digital formats is secured and distributed to guarantee continuous access over a long period. The digital content of the journal is valuable, and appropriate measures are implemented to ensure its ongoing availability and long-term preservation.

The content protection policy includes the following steps:

- Website archiving

- Abstracting/indexing services

- Self-archiving

Impact of archiving articles from OA (Open Access) journals:

- Long-term availability and accessibility of research works to relevant audiences and readers

- Helps minimise or eliminate the risk of digital decay of valuable information, preserving content for a long time

- In case of disaster, data recovery from the archive is easy. You can retrieve archived copies of your journals and make them publicly available if the original source material is lost or removed from publication

- The more archives you join and submit your scientific articles to, the greater the chance of discovering and visibility of your journal

When articles are published, authors may self-archive the accepted manuscript on their website and in funding or institutional repositories to make them publicly available.

Authors retain copyright to their articles. Therefore, they can SELF-ARCHIVE their accepted manuscripts as well as published manuscripts.

There is no embargo on archiving articles published in the OPEN ACCESS category. Authors can deposit such articles in institutional, non-commercial repositories and personal websites immediately after publication on the journal's site. This is done under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License CC-BY 4.0.

All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode), which allows unlimited archiving, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.

Index Copernicus values your relationship with us and recognises your contribution to the advancement of science. It is our duty to protect your privacy and personal data. We present detailed information on how we will use the information you provide without compromising your privacy.

Index Copernicus may use the information you provide, including your name, affiliation, and contact details such as email address, phone number, and postal address, for the processing, publication, and distribution of the manuscript submitted to us.

How We Collect Your Information

We collect your information:

- Directly: When you register on our site, use our services, subscribe to our newsletter or campaigns, place orders with us, request our products, apply for a job with us, report a problem on our site or in our journals, or submit your work.

- Indirectly: Through cookies, third-party websites hosting our backlinks, business partners, and data processors.

How We Use Your Personal Data

As a publishing company, we reserve the right to use your data to:

- Process, publish, and distribute your article

- Personalise our website to suit your preferences

- Increase user interaction and experience with our website

- Enable access to our services

- Maintain communication regarding your research manuscript

- Send invoices and payment requests

- Facilitate transaction processes

- Convey our marketing campaigns

Collected information will not be shared outside Index Copernicus to prevent misuse.

Complaints Policy

Identification and Prevention of Research Misconduct

To identify and prevent the publication of works that commit research misconduct, such as plagiarism, citation manipulation, and falsification/fabrication of data, Index Copernicus journals take necessary measures.

The Crossref Similarity Check service ensures the originality of articles submitted to the journal.

Reviewers and the editorial team ensure that the manuscript is written without engaging in research misconduct.

We adhere to COPE principles if the journal publisher or the editorial team is notified of any report of research misconduct related to an article published in that journal.

Editors-in-chief of our journal follow the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) recommendations when exchanging information with each other about potential misconduct. To ensure the integrity of research and publication, institutions and journals must collaborate in all aspects concerning research and publication integrity. In this situation, our journal cooperates with institutions according to COPE guidelines on "Cooperation between research institutions and journals on research integrity matters."

Complaints regarding editorial content related to the identification and prevention of research misconduct should be made as soon as possible after publication, preferably in writing to the email address: publisherspanel@indexcopernicus.com.

The studies described in the article must strictly adhere to ethical frameworks and comply with the law. If any studies were conducted on humans or animals, the author must clearly specify the procedure in the manuscript. Relevant institutional guidelines and committees must conduct these studies. The author must include an accepted statement from the relevant committees in the manuscript. If editors have serious suspicions that the studies were not conducted within established ethical frameworks, they may reject the manuscript on ethical grounds. This policy also applies to manuscripts that have received the signature of ethical committees.

During research, the integrity of human participants should not be compromised. The author must mention this in the manuscript if the work involves hazardous chemicals or procedures. Animals and human participants should not be affected by the nature of the research.

Informed Consent and Ethical Code

People participating in the study have the right to privacy and must consent to the experiment. A written agreement signed by the participant must be archived with the author or in the journal in accordance with the law.

Furthermore, any information about participants should not be disclosed unless necessary for the article. In such cases, the author must justify why personal data about the subject

is mentioned.

However, any identifying materials regarding the participant that could potentially lead to the disclosure of their involvement in the experiment cannot be disclosed. The author is responsible for obtaining informed consent and maintaining the anonymity of their subjects.