The editor ensures that the published material is archived securely. International Journal of Mardin Studies (IJMS) sends the published articles to electronic archives on an open access basis without any action by the author(s) and makes them fully accessible. The author or funding organisation can upload a copy of the author's accepted article to the archive sites. The International Journal of Mardin Studies author licence permits reuse for non-commercial use only, with attribution (full citation) to the source of the article. Permission from the Authors is required for commercial use.

International Journal of Mardin Studies is committed to keeping all articles open access under the CC-BY-NC Creative Commons licence and to store the full-text content on archive platforms and on the website https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ijsm/archive.

The publisher of International Journal of Mardin Studies (e-ISSN: 2718-0824) is pleased to announce its archive policy in line with its policy of supporting the dissemination of research results.
• International Journal of Mardin Studies allows authors to use the final published version of an article (publisher pdf) for self-archiving (author's personal website) and/or archiving in an institutional repository after publication.
• Authors may self-archive their articles in public and/or commercial subject-based repositories. There is no embargo period but the published source must be cited and a link to the journal home page or DOI of the articles must be set.
• Authors can download the manuscript as a PDF document. Authors can send copies of the article to colleagues without any embargo.
• International Journal of Mardin Studies allows all versions of articles (submitted version, accepted version, published version) to be stored in an institutional or other archive of the author's choice without embargo.
• International Journal of Mardin Studies uses the LOCKSS system to allow the creation of permanent archives. Based at Stanford University Libraries, the LOCKSS Programme provides libraries and publishers with award-winning, low-cost, open source digital preservation tools to ensure access to permanent and authoritative digital content. The LOCKSS Programme is a library-led digital preservation system built on the principle of "securing large numbers of copies". The LOCKSS Programme develops and supports libraries using open source end-to-end digital preservation software.

Published Version
Publication Type: Open Access
OAI: https://dergipark.org.tr/api/public/oai/ijms/ 
LOCKSS: https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/ijms/lockss-manifest 
RSS: https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/ijms/rss-feeds 
Embargo Period: No embargo period.
Open Access Licence: CC BY-NC 4.0
Copyright Holder: Author(s) retains copyright.
Archive Location: Institutional Repository, Crossref, Journal Website, Corporate Site, Author's Personal Website, Public and/or Commercial Subject-Based Archives.
Policy Terms: The journal should be cited in accordance with citation and citation standards. It should be linked to the publisher version with DOI.

Version Accepted at the End of the Referee Process
Embargo Period: None
Archive Site: Journal Website, Corporate Website, Author's Personal Website.
Copyright Holder: Author(s) retains copyright.

First Text Submitted to the Journal
Embargo Period: None
Archive Site: Journal Website, Corporate Website, Author's Personal Website.

Permanent Article Identifier: DOI
IJMS journal assigns DOI to each article.

Fee Policy
All expenses of IJMS journal are covered by Mardin Artuklu University. The publication of articles in the journal and the execution of article processes are not subject to any fee. No processing fee or submission fee is charged under any name for articles submitted to the journal or accepted for publication. IJMS does not accept sponsorship and advertisement in accordance with its publication policies.