Open Access Policy
1. Open Access Principles
Open Veterinary Journal (OVJ) is a fully open-access journal. All articles published by OVJ are freely and permanently accessible online to readers worldwide immediately upon publication, without subscription, registration, or access fees.
Open access enables readers to access, read, download, search, and link to the full text of published articles. Reuse and redistribution of published content are permitted in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).
OVJ supports the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) and is committed to promoting the broad and equitable dissemination of scientific knowledge.
2. Immediate and Permanent Online Access
All articles are published online immediately upon publication and remain freely accessible through the OVJ website.
Each published article is assigned a unique Digital Object Identifier (DOI) through Crossref, providing a persistent and reliable identifier for citation, discovery, and long-term access.
OVJ is committed to maintaining the accessibility and integrity of its published scholarly record.
3. Copyright and Licensing
Articles published in Open Veterinary Journal are made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).
Under the terms of this license, users may:
Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material.
These rights are subject to the NonCommercial condition of the license. Appropriate credit must be given to the original author(s), the article, and Open Veterinary Journal, and any changes made to the material must be indicated.
Commercial use of the published material is not permitted under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license without appropriate authorization from the relevant copyright holder.
4. Author Rights
Authors retain copyright in their published work, subject to the terms of the applicable publishing agreement and the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.
The open-access model allows authors' research to be freely accessible to the international scientific community while establishing clear conditions for the non-commercial reuse and dissemination of the published work.
5. Open Access and Long-Term Availability
OVJ is committed to preserving the scholarly record and maintaining continued access to its published content. Published articles are intended to remain permanently available through the journal's online platform and applicable digital preservation and archiving arrangements.
OVJ supports the principles of transparency, accessibility, discoverability, and responsible reuse of scholarly research and seeks to ensure that its published scientific content can be accessed and cited by researchers, veterinarians, academics, and other interested users worldwide.
6. License Information in Published Articles
The applicable CC BY-NC 4.0 license is clearly identified on the journal website and in the published article. License information is also incorporated into the article's publication metadata and full-text formats, where applicable, to facilitate accurate identification of the reuse conditions associated with each article.
Through its open-access model, Open Veterinary Journal seeks to maximize the global dissemination, visibility, and impact of veterinary research while protecting authors' rights and ensuring responsible reuse of published content.
