Open Access Policy

Open Access Statement
The Journal of Taiji Science (JTS) is a fully open access, peer-reviewed journal. All articles published in JTS are freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication. We are committed to the principles of open knowledge dissemination and support global access to scholarly research without financial or legal barriers.

Licensing and Copyright
JTS publishes all articles under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction, and adaptation of the work in any medium, provided that the original author and source are properly cited.

Authors retain the copyright of their work and grant the journal the right of first publication.

Author Fees
JTS does not charge any article processing charges (APCs), submission fees, or publication fees. It is a non-profit academic journal supported by the World Taiji Science Federation.

Archiving and Self-Archiving
JTS allows authors to deposit the published version (Version of Record) of their articles in institutional repositories, subject-based archives, personal websites, and scholarly networks without embargo. The journal is committed to long-term digital preservation and participates in archiving systems such as LOCKSS or institutional repositories (where applicable).

Indexing and Discoverability
All published articles are assigned DOIs and indexed through relevant academic databases to ensure global discoverability and citation tracking.

Compliance with Open Access Mandates
JTS is compliant with open access mandates from funding agencies, research institutions, and international initiatives such as Plan S, the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI), and the Berlin Declaration.