Journal of New Technology and Materials is committed to the principles of open access publishing and the free circulation of scholarly knowledge. The journal provides immediate open access to all published articles, allowing readers throughout the world to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to, and reuse published content without subscription barriers.
The journal believes that unrestricted access to research supports scientific advancement, encourages international collaboration, increases the visibility of authors’ work, and strengthens the exchange of knowledge in materials science, engineering, nanoscience, nanotechnology, and related fields.
Diamond Open Access Policy
Journal of New Technology and Materials operates as a diamond open access journal. This means that all published content is freely available to readers, and authors are not required to pay publication charges.
The journal does not charge authors any submission fee, article processing charge, editorial handling fee, peer-review fee, page charge, colour figure charge, or publication fee. Authors may submit, revise, and publish their manuscripts without payment.
The absence of publication charges does not affect the journal’s editorial standards. All submissions are evaluated according to academic quality, originality, relevance to the journal’s scope, methodological soundness, ethical compliance, and contribution to the field.
Immediate Free Access
All articles published in Journal of New Technology and Materials are made available online immediately after publication. No subscription, registration, or payment is required to access the journal’s published content.
Readers may freely access published articles for research, teaching, learning, professional practice, institutional use, and other lawful scholarly purposes.
Open Access License
Articles published in Journal of New Technology and Materials are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).
Under this license, users are permitted to copy, share, distribute, display, adapt, translate, reproduce, and build upon the published work in any medium or format, including for commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s), the article title, the journal, and the publisher, and that any changes made to the work are clearly indicated.
The CC BY 4.0 license supports the broad dissemination and reuse of scholarly work while ensuring that authors receive proper attribution for their contributions.
Author Rights
Authors publishing in Journal of New Technology and Materials retain copyright in their published work.
By submitting a manuscript to the journal, authors agree that, upon acceptance and publication, the article will be published as an open access work under the CC BY 4.0 license. Authors grant the journal the right of first publication and the right to identify itself as the original publisher of the article.
Authors may share, deposit, distribute, and reuse their published articles in institutional repositories, subject repositories, personal websites, academic networks, teaching materials, conference presentations, and other scholarly or professional settings, provided that the original publication in Journal of New Technology and Materials is properly acknowledged.
Reader and User Rights
Readers and users may reuse published content without requesting permission from the journal or the authors, provided that the reuse complies with the CC BY 4.0 license.
Users must provide appropriate attribution, include a reference to the license, and indicate whether changes were made. Reuse must not suggest that the authors, the journal, or the publisher endorse the user or the reuse unless explicit permission has been granted.
Self-Archiving and Repository Policy
Authors are allowed to deposit and share their published articles in institutional repositories, disciplinary repositories, funder repositories, personal webpages, laboratory websites, academic profiles, and other non-commercial or scholarly platforms.
Authors may deposit the final published version of record, provided that proper citation is given to the original publication in Journal of New Technology and Materials.
Where possible, deposited versions should include the article title, author names, journal title, volume, issue, year of publication, page range or article number, DOI or permanent link where available, and the CC BY 4.0 license statement.
Third-Party Material
Authors are responsible for ensuring that any third-party material included in their manuscript, such as figures, tables, photographs, maps, datasets, diagrams, or extended quotations, is used with appropriate permission where required.
If third-party material is not covered by the article’s CC BY 4.0 license, this must be clearly stated in the article. Users who wish to reuse such material may need to obtain permission directly from the relevant copyright holder.
No Access Barriers
Journal of New Technology and Materials does not place published articles behind paywalls. The journal does not restrict access based on institutional affiliation, geographical location, subscription status, or payment.
The journal’s open access policy is intended to support equal access to scientific knowledge for researchers, students, educators, institutions, professionals, policymakers, and the wider public.
Indexing, Discovery, and Dissemination
To improve visibility and discoverability, article metadata and published content may be shared with indexing databases, abstracting services, academic search engines, library catalogues, repositories, and scholarly discovery platforms.
This supports wider dissemination of published research and helps ensure that articles remain accessible and discoverable to the international research community.
Long-Term Availability
Journal of New Technology and Materials is committed to maintaining the accessibility of its published content as part of the scholarly record. Published articles are intended to remain available for long-term reading, citation, archiving, and academic use.
The journal encourages responsible preservation, indexing, and repository deposit practices that support the durability and accessibility of scholarly work.