Self-Archiving Policy

Policy Summary

Authors may deposit any version of their manuscript — the preprint, the accepted manuscript, or the version of record — in an institutional repository, a subject repository, a funder repository, or on a personal or laboratory website, at any time.

• All versions permitted Preprint, accepted manuscript (AAM), and version of record may all be self-archived.
• No embargo There is no waiting period. Deposit may take place at any time, including on the day of publication.
• No permission required Authors retain copyright, and articles are published under CC BY 4.0. Neither the journal nor the publisher needs to be asked for approval to deposit.
• Cite the published article Deposited copies should give the full citation and the article's DOI.

Versions That May Be Deposited

No Embargo Period

Head and Neck Diseases Conflux applies no embargo period. Authors do not need to wait after acceptance or after publication before depositing their work, and the journal does not ask repositories to delay release of any deposited version.

Because deposit may take place immediately, this policy places no obstacle in the way of funder or institutional deposit requirements.

Citing the Version of Record

Deposited copies should always cite the published article and link to it through its DOI, rather than through a direct file address. Every article published in the journal is assigned a DOI registered with Crossref under the journal's prefix 10.71321; the DOI is shown on the article page and in the article PDF, and resolves through the https://doi.org/ resolver.

A DOI remains stable if the journal's web address or platform changes, so a citation that includes the DOI continues to lead readers to the definitive version of an article.

Labelling Deposited Versions

Deposited copies should make clear which version of the work a reader is looking at, so that a preprint or accepted manuscript is not mistaken for the final published article:

• Preprint Label the file as a preprint and note that it has not been peer reviewed by the journal.
• Accepted manuscript State that the manuscript has been accepted for publication in Head and Neck Diseases Conflux, and add the DOI and full citation once they are available.
• Version of record Cite the published article as normal; the DOI identifies it as the definitive version.
• Superseded deposits When a preprint or accepted manuscript has been superseded, authors are encouraged to update the repository record so that it points to the published article.

Licence and Copyright

Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence, and authors retain copyright in their own work. The licence permits anyone to read, download, store, copy, and redistribute the published article — including for commercial purposes and including in any repository — provided the work is attributed to its authors and source.

Repository deposit is therefore permitted by the licence itself. Authors do not need written consent from the journal or the publisher to archive any version of their manuscript. Further information on permitted reuse of previously published text and on the handling of preprints is set out in the journal's Publication Ethics policy.

Contact

Questions about repository deposit, version labelling, or funder requirements are welcome.