Open Access Policy

Turkish Journal of Pediatric Surgery provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

All articles published in this journal are freely accessible online immediately upon publication, without subscription charges or registration barriers.

License

All articles published in this journal are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Under this license, users are free to:

• Share - copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
• Adapt - remix, transform, and build upon the material

Under the following terms:

• Attribution - You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
• NonCommercial - You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
• No additional restrictions - You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

Full license text: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode

Copyright

Authors retain the copyright of their work. By submitting to this journal, authors grant the journal the right of first publication under the terms of the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

The copyright in the text of individual articles is the property of their respective authors.

Self-Archiving Policy

Authors are permitted and encouraged to:

• Post the submitted version (preprint) of their manuscript on personal websites, institutional repositories, or preprint servers at any time.
• Post the accepted version (postprint) of their manuscript on personal websites, institutional repositories, or other repositories immediately upon acceptance.
• Post the published version (Version of Record) on personal websites, institutional repositories, or other repositories immediately upon publication.

All self-archived versions should include:

• A link to the formal publication via its DOI
• The following statement: "This is an article published in Turkish Journal of Pediatric Surgery under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license."

Article Processing Charges

Turkish Journal of Pediatric Surgery does not charge any fees for:

• Article submission
• Article processing
• Article publication

The journal is fully funded by the Turkish Association of Pediatric Surgeons and the Society for Pediatric Urology.

Archiving and Preservation

The journal is committed to the long-term preservation and availability of its content. Articles are archived in:

• The journal's own servers
• National archives as required by indexing bodies

Contact

For any questions regarding copyright and licensing, please contact: editor@journalpedsurg.org