Open Access Policy

Open-Access Principles

The Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (JMID) is a fully open-access journal committed to providing immediate, free, and unrestricted access to its published content.

All published articles are freely available online to readers immediately upon publication, without subscription or access fees. Readers may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, and link to the full text of articles without prior permission from the journal or publisher, subject to the terms of the applicable Creative Commons license.

JMID's open-access policy is consistent with the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI).

Online Accessibility and Article Identification

All articles published by JMID are made immediately and permanently available online following completion of the publication process.

Each published article is assigned a unique Digital Object Identifier (DOI) through Crossref, providing a persistent identifier and facilitating reliable citation, linking, and long-term discoverability.

Copyright and Licensing

JMID publishes its articles under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Authors retain the copyright to their published work. By publishing with JMID, authors grant the journal and its publisher the necessary rights to publish, reproduce, distribute, and make the article publicly available under the terms of the applicable Creative Commons license.

Under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license, users may:

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

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

Such use must provide appropriate attribution to the original authors and source and must not be for commercial purposes, in accordance with the terms of the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

For complete licensing terms, please see the License Information page.

Long-Term Accessibility

JMID is committed to maintaining the online availability and accessibility of its published scholarly record. Articles are intended to remain permanently accessible through the journal's online platform and their persistent DOI links.

Long-Term Digital Preservation

The Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (JMID) is committed to the long-term preservation and continued accessibility of its published scholarly content.

JMID's published content is preserved through Portico, a trusted digital preservation service that maintains a secure archival copy of scholarly publications to support the long-term accessibility of the journal's academic record.

In the event that the journal's online platform becomes unavailable or the publisher ceases publication, the preservation arrangements with Portico are intended to support continued access to the journal's archived content in accordance with Portico's preservation and access policies.