Open Access Copyright and Archiving Policy

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health (JIEPH) Open Access, Copyright, and Archiving Policy

  1. Open Access Licensing and Reuse

All articles published by the Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health (JIEPH) are immediately and permanently made available worldwide under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

This license allows users to freely:

  • Share: Copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
  • Adapt: Remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.

Users must give appropriate credit to the original authors, provide a link to the license, indicate if changes were made, and provide a link to the original publication where applicable.

  1. Author Copyright and Publishing Rights
  • Copyright Retention: Authors retain the copyright to their work.
  • Non-Exclusive Publishing Rights: Authors grant JIEPH the non-exclusive right to publish, distribute, and preserve the article in all forms of media, and to be recognised as the original source of publication.
  1. Green Open Access (Self-Archiving) Policy

In line with our commitment to maximum research dissemination and compliance with international standards, JIEPH has a liberal self-archiving policy, and we are currently registering this policy with the Sherpa/RoMEO database (Open Policy Finder).

Authors are permitted, and strongly encouraged, to deposit all versions of their article in any institutional, subject-specific, or general repository immediately upon acceptance or publication, with no embargo period.

Article VersionPermitted Deposit StatusConditions
Pre-print (Original submission prior to peer review)Yes, immediatelyMust clearly state it is a pre-print and link to JIEPH website.
Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM) (Final draft post-peer review)Yes, immediatelyMust clearly link to the published Version of Record (VoR) via the DOI.
Version of Record (VoR) (The final, professionally typeset published PDF)Yes, immediatelyMust include full bibliographic citation and a link to the published article via the DOI.
  1. Digital Preservation and Archiving

The Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health (JIEPH) is committed to the long-term preservation, integrity, and accessibility of its published scholarly content.

  • JIEPH content is preserved through CLOCKSS, a community-governed digital preservation archive that safeguards scholarly content for long-term access. CLOCKSS preserves digital scholarship in a secure “dark archive” and makes content openly available if a trigger event occurs, such as loss of access to the publisher’s platform or discontinuation of the journal.
  • Through CLOCKSS preservation, JIEPH supports the long-term protection of the scholarly record and helps ensure continued access to published articles for authors, readers, libraries, researchers, policymakers, and public health practitioners over time.