Repository Policy

Ensuring Long-Term Preservation and Accessibility of Pediatric Research
The Journal of Advanced Pediatrics and Child Health (JAPCH) supports open dissemination of knowledge through repository-friendly policies that align with COAR, OpenAIRE, and Plan S standards.

1. Purpose of the Repository Policy

This policy ensures that all research published in JAPCH remains permanently accessible through institutional, subject-based, and national repositories. The policy supports global discoverability, long-term preservation, and compliance with funder mandates.

2. Compliance and Interoperability

JAPCH is fully interoperable with major repository standards, including:

3. Version Archiving Policy

Authors are permitted and encouraged to deposit different versions of their manuscript in repositories as follows:

Version Type Archiving Permission Embargo Period
Preprint (submitted version) ✔ Permitted None
Accepted manuscript (peer-reviewed, before copyediting) ✔ Permitted None
Published version (final PDF) ✔ Permitted with citation to JAPCH None

4. Metadata Requirements

Deposited items must include complete metadata to ensure traceability and credit attribution. Required metadata elements include:

  • Article title, author(s), and ORCID IDs.
  • Journal title, volume, issue, and publication year.
  • DOI and license information (CC BY 4.0).
  • Abstract, keywords, and author affiliations.

5. Open Access Licensing

All published content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). This ensures unrestricted distribution, reuse, and adaptation with proper attribution to the authors and JAPCH.

6. Institutional and Subject Repositories

Authors are encouraged to deposit their work in recognized repositories, such as:

  • Institutional repositories (e.g., Harvard DASH, Oxford Research Archive)
  • Subject repositories (e.g., PubMed Central, Europe PMC, arXiv, Zenodo)
  • National repositories and library networks compliant with OAI-PMH

7. OAI-PMH Endpoint

JAPCH supports OAI-PMH metadata harvesting through the following endpoint:

https://www.pediatricshealthjournal.com/index.php/japch/oai

This allows metadata aggregators such as BASE, OpenAIRE, and CORE to collect and index JAPCH publications efficiently.

8. Data and Supplementary Materials

Authors are encouraged to deposit underlying datasets, code, and supplementary materials in open repositories such as Zenodo or Figshare, with cross-linking to the published article via DOI.

9. Repository Compatibility Verification

Before publication, JAPCH verifies metadata formatting and repository compatibility to ensure discoverability. The journal metadata schema follows Dublin Core and PKP Native XML structures.

10. Preservation Networks

JAPCH ensures long-term preservation through participation in multiple digital preservation initiatives:

11. Funder and Plan S Compliance

JAPCH adheres to open-access repository requirements from major funding bodies, including cOAlition S (Plan S), NIH, ERC, and Horizon Europe. Authors funded by these agencies can fulfill repository mandates without embargo.

12. Metadata Harvesting Partners

  • BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine)
  • Google Scholar
  • OpenAIRE
  • PKP Index
  • WorldCat
  • CORE (UK)

13. Author Responsibility

Authors are responsible for depositing their manuscripts in repositories and ensuring the correct citation format:

“© [Author Name(s)] (Year). Published under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Originally published in Journal of Advanced Pediatrics and Child Health (JAPCH).”

14. Contact Information

For repository-related inquiries, please contact:
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.pediatricshealthjournal.com