Open Access Policy

The Journal of Advanced Food Technology, Cultivation, and Innovation (JAFTCI) is a peer-reviewed, fully open-access scholarly journal committed to the unrestricted dissemination of scientific knowledge, technological innovation, and research findings in food science and technology, sustainable agriculture, aquaculture, cultivation systems, biotechnology, and related disciplines.

JAFTCI provides immediate and free access to all published scholarly articles. Readers may access, read, download, copy, distribute, and reuse published content in accordance with the journal's open-access license, without subscription charges, access fees, or embargo periods.

🔓 01. Immediate Open Access

JAFTCI provides immediate open access to the full text of every published article. All officially published research content is freely available through the journal's website from the date of publication, without any waiting period or access embargo.

The journal believes that unrestricted access to scholarly research promotes scientific collaboration, knowledge exchange, educational development, technological advancement, and the practical application of research findings across academic institutions, industry, and society.

✅ Open Access Commitments

  • Immediate Availability: Published articles are accessible online immediately upon publication.
  • No Subscription Fees: Readers are not required to pay subscription charges.
  • No Access Charges: Full-text articles may be accessed and downloaded without payment.
  • No Embargo Period: Published articles are not subject to delayed public access.
  • No Mandatory Reader Registration: Registration or login is not required to read publicly available articles.
  • Global Accessibility: Published scientific content is available to researchers, educators, students, practitioners, policymakers, and the general public.

♻️ 02. Reuse and Creative Commons Licensing

All articles published in JAFTCI are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0), unless specific third-party materials are expressly identified as being subject to different rights or licensing conditions.

This license permits users to share, copy, redistribute, adapt, translate, transform, and build upon the licensed materials in any medium or format, including for commercial purposes, provided that the applicable attribution and ShareAlike requirements are satisfied.

Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International

CC BY-SA 4.0

Official License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

🌐 Share

Readers may copy and redistribute the licensed material in any medium or format, including through institutional repositories, educational platforms, scholarly websites, and other lawful communication channels.

✍️ Adapt

Readers may remix, translate, transform, and build upon the licensed material for academic, educational, research, or commercial purposes in accordance with the Creative Commons license.

📖 Attribution

Users must give appropriate credit to the original authors, acknowledge the publication source, provide a link to the license, and indicate whether modifications have been made.

🔄 ShareAlike

Adapted materials must be distributed under CC BY-SA 4.0 or a Creative Commons-compatible license permitted under the applicable license terms.

Licensing Notice: CC BY-SA 4.0 permits both commercial and non-commercial reuse. Users may not impose additional legal or technological restrictions that prevent others from exercising the rights granted by the license. Third-party content expressly excluded from the article license may require separate permission.

©️ 03. Copyright Ownership and Author Rights

Authors retain the copyright of their published articles and grant JAFTCI the non-exclusive right of first publication. The journal does not require authors to transfer copyright ownership to the publisher as a condition of publication.

Authors retain the right to share, distribute, and deposit their scholarly work in accordance with the applicable Creative Commons license and the journal's copyright and licensing policy.

Copyright and Publication Rights

Copyright Holder: The Author(s)

Right of First Publication: JAFTCI

Copyright Transfer: Not Required

Publication License: CC BY-SA 4.0

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📂 04. Repository Sharing and Self-Archiving

JAFTCI supports the dissemination of research through institutional repositories, subject-based repositories, personal academic websites, and recognized scholarly communication platforms. Authors are permitted and encouraged to share appropriate versions of their manuscripts to improve research visibility, accessibility, and scholarly exchange.

Authors should clearly identify the version of the manuscript being shared and, where the final article has been published, provide a citation and link to the official JAFTCI version of record.

📄 Preprint

Authors may disseminate preprints before or during manuscript submission, provided that prior dissemination is appropriately disclosed and the preprint is clearly identified as a version that has not yet completed the journal's peer-review process.

✅ Accepted Manuscript

Authors may deposit their accepted manuscripts in appropriate repositories and academic platforms. The deposited version should accurately identify its publication status and refer readers to the final publication when available.

🌐 Published Version

Authors may share and deposit the final published version in accordance with CC BY-SA 4.0, preserving appropriate authorship attribution, source publication information, copyright statements, and license details.

🔗 Citation and Linking

Shared copies of published articles should identify JAFTCI as the original journal of publication and provide the article's bibliographic citation and DOI link where available.

🗄️ 05. Continued Access and Digital Preservation

JAFTCI recognizes the importance of maintaining reliable access to published scientific research over time. The journal and its publisher are responsible for establishing and maintaining appropriate arrangements for publication access, digital backup, preservation, and the continuity of scholarly records.

The journal's digital preservation arrangements should protect the integrity, authenticity, accessibility, and long-term availability of published articles and associated bibliographic information.

Digital Access and Preservation Principles

  • Maintain publicly accessible records of published articles and journal issues.
  • Preserve essential article files and bibliographic metadata.
  • Support appropriate backup and recovery arrangements.
  • Maintain consistency between published content and its official publication records.
  • Support stable citation and article identification using DOI links where assigned.
  • Provide information about the journal's applicable digital archiving and preservation procedures.

Details of the journal's implemented preservation systems and archiving responsibilities are provided through its applicable Archiving Policy. This policy does not, by itself, constitute a claim of participation in any particular third-party digital preservation network.

✅ 06. Official Open Access Declaration

JAFTCI Open Access Statement

The Journal of Advanced Food Technology, Cultivation, and Innovation (JAFTCI) provides immediate, permanent-intent, and free online access to its published scientific articles without subscription charges, reader fees, or embargo periods.

Published articles are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0), enabling lawful sharing, redistribution, adaptation, and reuse, including for commercial purposes, subject to applicable license conditions.

Authors retain copyright ownership, and the journal does not impose manuscript submission fees, article processing charges, or publication fees. JAFTCI supports equitable access to scientific knowledge and responsible scholarly dissemination.