Repository and Self-Archiving Policy

The European Journal of Medical Case Reports (EJMCR) is fully committed to the principles of open access and long-term preservation of scholarly work. To ensure wide dissemination and unrestricted access, EJMCR allows authors to deposit and share all versions of their manuscripts in institutional or public repositories of their choice, without embargo.

Versions Permitted for Deposit

Authors are permitted to deposit the following versions of their manuscript:

  • Submitted Version (Preprint): The version submitted to EJMCR before peer review.
  • Accepted Version (Postprint): The version accepted for publication after peer review, including all revisions.
  • Published Version (Version of Record): The final formatted version published by EJMCR.

Authors may post or deposit the submitted manuscript (preprint) before submission to EJMCR, provided that any prior preprint posting is disclosed at submission, including the repository or server name and DOI or permanent URL where available. Accepted manuscripts and published versions may be deposited without an embargo, subject to applicable rights, licence terms and repository requirements. Permitted locations include:

  • Institutional or university repositories
  • Subject-based repositories (e.g., PubMed Central, Europe PMC)
  • Author’s personal website
  • Public repositories or academic networks (e.g., ResearchGate, Academia.edu, Zenodo)

Attribution Requirements

When depositing the Published Version, authors must include a citation and link to the official publication on the EJMCR website, using the article DOI.

Example: “This article was originally published in the European Journal of Medical Case Reports (EJMCR), [insert year]; DOI: [insert DOI link].”

License

EJMCR articles published from January 2021 onward are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). Articles published before January 2021 remain subject to their applicable publication-specific copyright and licensing terms, unless those terms have subsequently been validly updated.

For articles published under CC BY 4.0, the licence permits sharing and adaptation, including commercial use, subject to its terms, including appropriate attribution, a link to the licence and indication of changes where applicable.

Digital Preservation

EJMCR ensures long-term digital preservation of its published content through Portico, a leading global digital preservation service, along with secure off-site backups. Portico provides long-term digital preservation under its applicable preservation arrangements. Access to preserved content is governed by the terms and conditions of those arrangements and should not be interpreted as a guarantee of uninterrupted or permanent public access.