Statement

Journal of Reviews in Clinical Medicine the official quarterly publication of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, is an international, peer-reviewed, and English language journal. Its purpose is to publish high-quality internationally competitive basic and clinical research. RCM welcomes all kinds of unpublished papers including; Review articles, Original research articles, and clinical studies covering a wide range of subjects in medicine. (See journal scope).

Policies

Financial Policies

Revenue Sources and Article Processing Charges 

As  Mashhad University of Medical Sciences  has supported all of the publishing costs of Reviews in Clinical Medicine, article processing charge and any other publication fees in the journal are free for authors, so there is no charges for publication in this Journal.

Subscription Fee

RCM has published as an open access electronic journal, so there is no subscription fee for audiences.

Open Access Policies and Licenses

To make freely public accessibility to research with the aim of greater global exchange of knowledge, this journal provides open access to its published articles. RCM is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0). Licensees may copy, distribute, display and make derivative works only if they cite the original published article.

Copyright Notice

In accordance with the open access principle, the RCM is made accessible to the general public. The approved articles can be read, downloaded, copied, distributed, and shared free as long as the author(s) are attributed. Once the manuscript has been approved, RCM will request the signature of each author on a copyright agreement form to give the required publication rights. Because the author(s) publish their work as open access, some rights, like patents, trademarks, and designs, retain with the author(s), while other copyright is given to the RCM. 

Archiving Policy

The plan for electronic backup and preservation of access to journal's content (https://rcm.mums.ac.ir/) is clearly indicated. This policy sets out the ways in which the authors of RCM can archive copies of their work on their own web pages, corporate web pages, and various other subject repositories. 

• • RCM is an open access license, articles can be made available immediately according to the terms of their specific Creative Common license. 
  • Authors may also reuse the Abstract and Citation information (e.g. Title, Author name, Publication dates) of their article anywhere at any time including social media such as LinkedIn, Facebook, blogs and Twitter, providing that where possible a link is included back to the article on the RCM site. Preferably the link should be, or include, the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) which can be found in the Citation information about the article online. The accepted version may be placed on: the author's personal website and/or the author's company/institutional repository or archive. 
  • In addition to indexing database, this journal utilizes digital archive via Eprint Repository to guarantee long-term digital preservation and restoration.
  • RCM is now formally archived at the National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI).

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