SELF-ARCHIVING POLICY

The Current Science and Technology operate under an open access publishing model, championing the unrestricted global dissemination of scientific research. To maximise the visibility, citation potential, and impact of authors' work, the journal maintains a progressive, zero-embargo self-archiving policy. This policy aligns with transparency and ethical best practices, granting authors comprehensive rights to self-archive their work at all stages of the publication lifecycle.

Pre-Print (Author's Original Manuscript)

Authors are encouraged to upload the author's original manuscript, which is the initial, un-peer-reviewed draft, to personal websites, institutional repositories, or non-commercial preprint servers at any time before the paper's formal acceptance. For consistency with open-access policies, these preprints should preferably be shared under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). After peer review is completed and the article is officially published by the journal, authors must update their preprint records by adding a direct link to the final published version, ensuring proper tracking and connection of the research.

Post-Print (Accepted Manuscript)

Once officially accepted, authors can self-archive the Accepted Manuscript, which is the peer-reviewed post-print version before final publisher formatting. The journal enforces a strict zero-embargo policy, permitting deposit on personal websites, institutional repositories, non-commercial databases, and scholarly social media. To ensure transparency, any deposited accepted manuscript must include an acknowledgment that it is an accepted version of a paper scheduled for publication in the Current Science and Technology, published by Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah Press.

Published Article (Version of Record)

Authors are encouraged to share and archive the final, professionally formatted Version of Record (Published Article) immediately after its online publication. To maintain the integrity and originality of the scientific record, any self-archived Version of Record should include a direct link to the official article page on the journal's website, using the official Digital Object Identifier (DOI). The online version published on the Current Science and Technology website should always be recognised and cited by the global scientific community as the definitive Version of Record.

Funder and Institutional Compliance

While the journal permits unrestricted self-archiving of all manuscript versions, it is solely the author(s)' responsibility to ensure their deposition practices adhere to any specific data-sharing mandates, public access policies, or repository requirements imposed by their funding agencies, grant sponsors, or home institutions. Authors must independently confirm their compliance with these external deposition requirements.