Archiving and Data Distribution Policy

The editor provides secure archiving of published material. The Journal of General Medicine sends the published articles to electronic archives on an open access basis without the need for any action by the author(s) and makes them open to full access. The author or funder may upload a copy of the author's accepted article to their archive site. The Journal of General Medicine author's license permits reuse with reference to the source of the article (with a full citation) for non-commercial use only. For commercial use, permission from the authors is required.
The Journal of General Medicine is committed to keeping all its articles open access under the CC-BY-NC Creative Commons license and storing its full-text content on archive platforms and on the DergiPark website.

Archive Policy: LOCKSS
Storage Policy: Publisher's Own Site

Articles published in the Journal of General Medicine are archived digitally by LOCKSS. In addition, the published articles can be opened to access by the author in the institutional archive of the university (DSpace, AVESİS etc.), subject archives or any other archive without the embargo period. Thus, anyone can access this publication immediately, free of charge.
The publisher of the Journal of General Medicine (e-ISSN: 2602-3741) is pleased to announce its archive policy in line with its policy of promoting the dissemination of research results.
• The Journal of General Medicine allows authors to use the latest published version of an article (publisher pdf) for self-archiving (author's personal website) and/or archiving in an institutional repository after publication.
• Authors can self-archive their articles in public and/or commercial subject-based archives. There is no embargo period, but the published source should be cited and a link should be set to the journal homepage or DOI of the articles.
• Authors can download the output of the article as a PDF document. Authors can send copies of the article to their colleagues without any embargo.
• The Journal of General Medicine allows all versions of articles (sent version, accepted version, published version) to be stored in an institutional or other archive of the author's choice without embargo.
• The Journal of General Medicine uses the LOCKSS system to allow permanent archives to be created. Based on Stanford University Libraries, the LOCKSS Program provides award-winning, low-cost, open-source digital preservation tools to provide libraries and publishers with access to permanent and authoritative digital content. The LOCKSS Program is a library-led digital preservation system built on the principle of "securing large numbers of copies". The LOCKSS Program develops and supports libraries using open source end-to-end digital preservation software.

Version Published in the Journal
Publication Type: Open Access
OAI: https://dergipark.org.tr/api/public/oai/geneltip/
LOCKSS: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/geneltip/lockss-manifest
RSS: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/geneltip/rss/lastissue/en
Embargo Period: There is no embargo period.
Open Access License: CC BY-NC 4.0
Copyright Holder: The author(s) protect the copyright.
Archive Location: Journal Website
Policy Terms: The journal should be cited in accordance with the citation and citation standards. It should be linked to the publisher version with the DOI.

Version Accepted at the End of the Referee Process
Embargo Period: None
Archive Location: Journal Website, Institutional Site, Author's Personal Website, Public and/or Commercial Subject Based Archives.
Copyright Holder: The author(s) protect the copyright.

First Text Submitted to the Journal
Embargo Period: None
Archive Location: Journal Website, Institutional Site, Author's Personal Website, Public and/or Commercial Subject Based Archives.

Permanent Article Identifier: DOI
The Journal of General Medicine assigns a DOI to each article.

ORCID: Yes
The Journal of General Medicine requires ORCID IDs to be included in article metadata. ORCID ID is an alphanumeric code that uniquely identifies authors.

Charge Policy
All expenses of the Journal of General Medicine are covered by the Selçuk University Faculty of Medicine Dean's Office. The publication of articles and the execution of article processes in the journal are free of charge. No processing fee or submission fee is charged for articles submitted to the journal or accepted for publication. The Journal of General Medicine does not accept sponsorship and advertising due to its publication policies.