Open Access Policy
Immediate. Free. Forever.
Every article published by JMLD follows a Gold Open Access model — full text is made freely available online the moment it is published, with no subscription, paywall, or embargo period of any kind.
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What Open Access Means at JMLD
JMLD provides free, immediate, and permanent access to all published content, following the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI). Readers may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text of every article without financial, legal, or technical barriers — other than proper attribution to the original authors.
Rights Under This Policy
RD Reader Rights
- Read and download the full text free of charge, with no registration required.
- Copy, print, and redistribute articles for personal, educational, or research use.
- Text- and data-mine the full corpus for research purposes.
- Share links to published articles on any platform without restriction.
AU Author Rights
- Retain full copyright of the published work.
- Grant JMLD a non-exclusive license to publish and distribute the article.
- Reuse their own published article in theses, books, or teaching materials.
- Deposit any version of the manuscript into institutional or subject repositories at any time.
License Terms — CC BY 4.0
All articles are published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), the most permissive Creative Commons license, allowing maximum reuse while ensuring authors are properly credited.
BY — Attribution Required
Share — Freely
Adapt — Remix & Build Upon
Commercial Use — Permitted
Self-Archiving Policy
No embargo period applies to any version, in any repository, at any time — consistent with JMLD's immediate open access commitment.
Open Knowledge for a Healthier Future
Journal of Medical Laboratory Diagnostics (JMLD)
