Open Access Policy

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The Turkish Journal of Vascular Surgery is committed to the principles of open access to enhance the global exchange of scientific knowledge. The journal’s Open Access policy is aligned with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI).

Immediate Open Access

All content published in the Turkish Journal of Vascular Surgery is freely accessible immediately upon publication, without any embargo period, through the journal website:

https://turkishjournalofvascularsurgery.org

Rights and Permissions

In line with BOAI principles, “open access” means unrestricted access via the public internet. Users are permitted to:

- Read, download, and print full-text articles.

- Distribute and share content freely.

- Copy, search, link to, and index articles for scholarly, educational, and research purposes.

- Use content for software and computational analysis, provided the original authors and source are properly acknowledged and cited.

- Use published content for lawful non-commercial purposes, provided appropriate credit is given to the original authors and the journal..

No Fees or Charges

The Turkish Journal of Vascular Surgery does not charge any submission fees, publication fees, article processing charges (APCs), or subscription fees.

The journal is financially supported by the Turkish National Society of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, ensuring editorial independence and long-term sustainability.

Licensing Terms

Since March 2021, all published articles are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

License details are available at:

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Indexing and Archiving

Published articles may be indexed, archived, preserved, and shared by institutional repositories, libraries, indexing services, and academic platforms.

Commitment to Open Science

The Turkish Journal of Vascular Surgery supports transparency, scientific integrity, reproducibility, and responsible open scientific practices.