Open Access Statement

The Van Medical Journal is a fully open-access publication. All articles are immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download without any embargo period. The journal strictly adheres to the definition of open access as set forth by the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI).

User Rights and Permissions
In accordance with the BOAI definition and the CC BY-NC 4.0 license, users are permitted to:

• Read, download, copy, distribute, and print the full texts of all articles.
• Search or link to the full texts of articles.
• Adapt, remix, transform, and build upon the material for non-commercial purposes.

These permissions are granted without requiring prior permission from the publisher or the author, provided that appropriate attribution is given.

No Embargo Policy
The Van Medical Journal operates a zero-embargo policy. All accepted manuscripts are published and made freely accessible immediately upon online publication. There is no delay between acceptance and open access availability.

Self-Archiving and Repository Deposit
Authors are encouraged to self-archive their work in institutional repositories, disciplinary repositories (e.g., PubMed Central, bioRxiv, medRxiv), or personal/institutional websites. The Version of Record (VoR) may be deposited immediately upon publication.

Funder Compliance
Authors funded by agencies requiring open access deposition (e.g., NIH, Wellcome Trust, Research Councils UK) should notify the editorial office. The journal supports compliance with funder open access mandates and will assist with repository deposits where applicable.