Open Access Policy

JWRT fully adheres to the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) and the DOAJ Open Access Definition .

In this context, “open access” means that articles are freely available on the public internet. Users may read, download, copy, print, search, or link to the full text; use it for text and data mining; or reuse it for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers beyond those required for internet access. The only restrictions on reproduction and distribution are those necessary to protect the integrity of the work and to ensure that authors receive appropriate acknowledgement and citation.

Authors retain full and unrestricted copyright and publishing rights to their work.

At the same time, authors grant JWRT / Indonesian Science Media Publisher the right to act as the publisher and to make the first publication of all accepted material.

Separate permission from JWRT is not required for reuse because copyright remains with the authors.

Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license.

Under this license, users may use, share, copy, redistribute, and adapt the material for any purpose, including commercial use, provided that appropriate attribution is given, the license is cited, any changes are indicated, derivative works are distributed under the same license, and no additional legal or technological restrictions are imposed.

All articles published in Journal of Wound Research and Technology (JWRT) are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 . Accordingly, both non-profit and for-profit entities may use, share, and adapt the articles, including for commercial purposes, provided that they comply with the license terms.

• Attribution: Users must give appropriate credit to the original authors and to JWRT, provide a link to the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, and indicate whether changes were made.
• ShareAlike: If users remix, transform, or build upon the material, they must distribute their contributions under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
• No additional restrictions: Users may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the CC BY-SA 4.0 license permits.

Permission is not required if authors wish to reuse their own article, or an updated version of it, in another publication where they are the author, editor, or co-editor, provided that the original publication in JWRT is properly acknowledged and any reuse complies with the CC BY-SA 4.0 license terms.

Teaching institutions may make multiple copies of the material for teaching and educational purposes, including in fee-based courses, provided that such use complies with the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. This means that appropriate attribution must be provided, derivative works must be shared under the same license, and no additional legal or technological restrictions may be imposed.