Open Access Policy
Novel Forensic Research (NOFOR) is committed to promoting the global
exchange of scientific knowledge through open access publishing. The journal's
open access policy is based on the principles of the Budapest Open Access
Initiative (BOAI).
Immediate Open Access
All articles published in Novel Forensic Research are freely and immediately
accessible upon publication, without any embargo period, subscription, or
registration requirements.
The full text of all published articles is available at https://nofor.org/.
Rights and Permissions
In accordance with the journal's open access license, readers are permitted
to:
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Read, download, copy, and print published
articles.
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Share and distribute articles for non-commercial
purposes.
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Search, link to, and index published content.
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Reuse, reproduce, and adapt published material
for non-commercial educational, scientific, and research purposes.
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Perform text and data mining for lawful
non-commercial purposes.
All reuse must provide appropriate credit to the original authors and
source, include a link to the applicable license, and indicate whether changes
have been made.
No Fees or Charges
Novel Forensic Research does not charge manuscript submission fees,
editorial evaluation fees, peer review fees, article processing charges (APCs),
publication fees, or subscription fees.
Licensing Terms
All articles published in Novel Forensic Research are distributed under the Creative Commons
Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).
This license permits sharing and adaptation of published material for
non-commercial purposes, provided that appropriate attribution is given to the
original authors and source.
Copyright and Author Rights
Authors retain copyright of their published articles and grant Novel
Forensic Research the non-exclusive right of first publication.
Authors may share, deposit, and distribute their published articles in
institutional repositories, subject-based repositories, personal websites, and
other academic platforms in
accordance with the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.
The journal does not impose an embargo period on the deposit or sharing of
published articles.
Indexing and Archiving
Published articles may be indexed, archived, preserved, and made accessible
through institutional repositories, libraries, indexing services, and academic
platforms in accordance with the journal's open access license.
Commitment to Open Science
Novel Forensic Research supports transparency, scientific integrity,
reproducibility, and responsible open science practices while respecting
ethical requirements, confidentiality, and legal restrictions relating to
sensitive forensic information and personal data.