Open Access Policy

Starting from 2022, China Preventive Medicine Journal has transitioned to a fully open access journal. All articles published in this journal after 2022 are immediately and permanently available for free on the journal's official website for all readers. Readers are permitted to use, copy, and distribute the content under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.

Articles published from 2016 to 2021 are turned to open access works, and can be distributed under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.

Articles published before 2016 are not open access works, and their copyright belongs to the Editorial Office of China Preventive Medicine Journal. Readers can access the full text on CNKI, Wanfang Data, VIP, etc.

Licensing Policy

For open-access articles published in the journal, permissible third-party reuse is defined by the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This license allows users to copy and distribute the articles in any medium or format as long as the license terms are followed. The full details of the license are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.

Copyright Policy

All authors publishing articles in this journal are required to sign a 'Copyright Transfer Agreement,' and to transfer the copyright of the manuscript to the Editorial Office of China Preventive Medicine Journal. This includes but is not limited to compilation rights, distribution rights, reproduction rights, translation rights, and information network dissemination rights. The journal has the right to permit domestic and foreign literature retrieval systems and databases to index and use it. The journal has the right to publish and use the manuscript in various media, formats, and languages, existing and future. After publication, authors have the right to use and share their articles in accordance with the journal's licensing agreement (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).

Article Archiving Policy

All articles have been digitally archived and backed up in the editorial office. In the event of suspension of publication, readers can access history articles from China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang Data, VIP, etc.

Authors' Self-Archiving

The journal allows authors to store all versions of their articles in an institutional or other knowledge repository of the authors' choice, subject to the specification of journal publication information in the article metadata of the stored institutional or other knowledge repository, and as a recommended citation.

Data Sharing

Authors are encouraged to share research data, such as raw data, observation records, experimental results, as well as software, code, models, algorithms, etc. Authors are encouraged upload such materials to open platforms and provide corresponding links at the end of their articles.

Post-publication Discussions

We warmly welcome authors and readers to participate in discussions on our published articles. Comments can be sent to the journal's email. The editorial office will handle them p_r_o_m_p_tly and provide feedback as necessary. Furthermore, the journal actively encourages readers and authors to engage in mutual supervision and offer feedback on pertinent information, aiming to cultivate a vibrant and positive academic environment.