Open Access & Copyright policy

Open Access

The International Journal of Tropical Medicine (IJTM) is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal. All published articles are freely available online immediately after publication, without subscription or access fees for readers.

Readers may access, read, download, copy, search, and link to the full text of published articles in accordance with the applicable Creative Commons license.

IJTM supports the principle that unrestricted access to scholarly research promotes the exchange of scientific knowledge and increases the visibility and potential impact of published research.

Copyright

Authors retain the copyright to their original work published in IJTM.

By submitting a manuscript, authors confirm that the work is original, has not been published elsewhere, and is not simultaneously under consideration by another journal.

Upon acceptance, authors grant International Journal of Tropical Medicine (IJTM) and its publisher, Orbita Press, the necessary rights to publish, reproduce, distribute, archive, and make the article publicly available.

Copyright ownership remains with the authors unless otherwise agreed in writing.

Creative Commons License

Articles published by IJTM are distributed under the:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)

Under the CC BY 4.0 license, users may:

  • Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.

  • Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose.

  • Reuse — use the published work in accordance with the license terms.

Users must provide appropriate credit to the original authors, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.

License:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Author Rights

Authors retain the right to:

  • Retain copyright of their published work.

  • Share and distribute their published article.

  • Deposit the article in institutional or subject repositories.

  • Use the article for teaching, research, and other lawful scholarly purposes.

  • Reuse portions of their work in future publications, provided appropriate acknowledgment is given.

Reader and Reuse Rights

Readers may freely access and reuse published articles in accordance with the CC BY 4.0 license. Any reuse must properly acknowledge the original authors and the International Journal of Tropical Medicine.

Third-Party Material

Where a published article contains material belonging to third parties, such as photographs, figures, tables, or other copyrighted content, that material may be subject to separate copyright restrictions unless otherwise indicated.

Authors are responsible for obtaining the necessary permissions for third-party material before publication.

Copyright and Publication Integrity

Authors are responsible for ensuring that their submitted work does not infringe the copyright, privacy, or other rights of any third party. IJTM reserves the right to take appropriate editorial action if a copyright or publication-rights concern is identified.