Self-Archiving Policy

Self-archiving supports:

• open access;
• research dissemination;
• institutional compliance;
• funder requirements;
• scholarly discoverability;
• long-term accessibility;
• author visibility; and
• distributed preservation of scholarly work.

This policy applies to manuscript versions created before, during, and after the JPMHR publication process.

Submitted Manuscript / Preprint

The version prepared by the authors before formal peer review by JPMHR.

Accepted Manuscript

The author-created version incorporating revisions following peer review and formally accepted for publication, but before final journal copyediting, typesetting, pagination, and production formatting.

Version of Record

The final published JPMHR version carrying the formal publication metadata, citation information, DOI where assigned, journal formatting, and applicable licence statement.

Authors may deposit or post the submitted manuscript on:

• recognised preprint servers;
• institutional repositories;
• subject repositories;
• personal academic webpages;
• funder repositories; or
• other legitimate scholarly platforms.

Preprint posting should be disclosed to JPMHR at submission where applicable.

Authors should not present a preprint as if it has already undergone JPMHR peer review or has been formally accepted by the journal.

Once the Version of Record is published, authors are encouraged to update the preprint record with the formal citation and DOI or permanent JPMHR article URL.

The accepted manuscript may be deposited in:

• institutional repositories;
• disciplinary repositories;
• funder repositories;
• national repositories;
• author websites; and
• other appropriate non-deceptive scholarly locations.

Once the Version of Record has been published, the repository record should, where practical, include:

• the final article citation;
• the DOI;
• the permanent JPMHR article link;
• a statement that the deposited file is the accepted manuscript; and
• a link to the Version of Record.

Authors may deposit or share the Version of Record through:

• institutional repositories;
• subject repositories;
• funder repositories;
• personal or departmental webpages;
• professional academic profiles;
• educational platforms; and
• other lawful scholarly channels.

The published file should retain its citation, copyright, licence, DOI, and journal-identification information.

Third-party material excluded from CC BY 4.0 remains subject to its separate rights restrictions.

Authors do not ordinarily need to wait a prescribed number of months after publication before depositing an eligible manuscript version.

This applies to the submitted version, accepted manuscript, and Version of Record subject to:

• the applicable licence;
• third-party copyright;
• participant confidentiality;
• contractual restrictions;
• repository requirements; and
• other legitimate legal or ethical obligations.

Appropriate locations may include:

• institutional repositories;
• disciplinary repositories;
• government repositories;
• national research repositories;
• funder repositories;
• university or departmental webpages;
• personal academic webpages;
• recognised preprint platforms;
• professional scholarly profiles; and
• other lawful academic or research-sharing services.

Authors should consider repository stability, provenance, preservation, version identification, and access conditions when selecting a location.

Once the article is published, archived copies should, where practical, provide:

• the complete citation;
• the article DOI;
• the permanent JPMHR article URL;
• the publication year;
• the journal title; and
• the version status of the deposited file.

Linking to the Version of Record improves citation accuracy and helps readers identify later corrections or retraction notices.

Appropriate labels may include:

• Preprint / Submitted Manuscript — not peer reviewed by JPMHR;
• Accepted Manuscript — peer reviewed and accepted, but not the final journal-formatted version;
• Version of Record — formally published by JPMHR.

Authors should not reproduce journal branding or formatting on a preprint in a manner that makes it appear to be the official JPMHR Version of Record.

For the Version of Record, authors should preserve the journal's published:

• copyright statement;
• CC BY 4.0 notice;
• licence URL;
• citation information; and
• third-party rights notices.

Earlier manuscript versions should not be given a misleading licence statement that overrides rights owned by a third party.

Separate restrictions may apply to:

• photographs;
• figures;
• tables;
• maps;
• measurement instruments;
• questionnaires;
• commercial images;
• substantial quotations;
• proprietary software outputs; or
• other protected third-party material.

Where a repository copy includes such material, authors remain responsible for complying with the relevant licence or permission.

Repository deposit must respect:

• participant confidentiality;
• patient privacy;
• consent restrictions;
• ethical approval conditions;
• restricted datasets;
• commercial confidentiality;
• national or institutional requirements; and
• other lawful restrictions.

Material that was removed from the published article for legitimate confidentiality or legal reasons must not be restored through an author repository copy without appropriate authority.

Authors remain responsible for checking requirements relating to:

• repository type;
• deposit timing;
• version required;
• licensing;
• metadata;
• rights-retention language;
• grant acknowledgements; or
• other funder conditions.

JPMHR's no-routine-embargo policy is intended to facilitate repository compliance rather than restrict it.

Authors are encouraged to deposit eligible research outputs in suitable repositories where this is ethically and legally appropriate.

Separate repository licences and access conditions may apply to:

• datasets;
• statistical code;
• software;
• analysis scripts;
• protocols;
• model files;
• data dictionaries;
• instruments; and
• supplementary research materials.

Authors should review the terms of any third-party platform before uploading their work.

Platform terms should not require authors to:

• claim ownership they do not possess;
• grant rights inconsistent with third-party material;
• misrepresent a manuscript version;
• remove the CC BY 4.0 notice from the Version of Record; or
• present a non-final manuscript as the official published version.

If the JPMHR article is later:

• corrected;
• subject to an Expression of Concern;
• retracted; or
• otherwise formally updated,

authors are encouraged to update repository records, where technically possible, so users can identify the current publication status.

A retracted article should not continue to be circulated by an author in a manner that falsely implies that the retraction does not exist.

Authors should:

• identify the manuscript version correctly;
• provide the Version-of-Record citation after publication;
• retain the DOI or permanent article link where available;
• respect third-party rights;
• protect confidential information;
• avoid misleading journal branding;
• comply with repository terms;
• update article status after significant post-publication action where feasible; and
• avoid presenting outdated or superseded material in a misleading manner.

JPMHR may request correction or removal of a repository copy only where there is a legitimate reason, such as:

• serious copyright infringement;
• publication of confidential material;
• misrepresentation of article status;
• fraudulent journal branding;
• failure to reflect a legally required removal;
• material breach of third-party rights; or
• another substantial ethical or legal concern.

JPMHR will not ordinarily demand removal simply because the archived copy may reduce traffic to the journal website.

Repository copies can help ensure that scholarly material remains discoverable if a journal website is temporarily unavailable.

However, self-archiving should not be represented as equivalent to a verified independent digital-preservation network.

• Open Access Policy: published articles are immediately free to read.
• Licensing Policy: CC BY 4.0 permits broad lawful reuse.
• Copyright Policy: authors retain copyright.
• Self-Archiving Policy: authors may deposit and share eligible manuscript versions without a routine embargo.