Repository Policy

 Journal of Science and Technology (JST) publishes all content under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), authors already have broad, standing permission to deposit and share their published work — no separate request or embargo period is required.

Authors may, at any time:

• Deposit the submitted version (preprint), accepted version (postprint), and the final published version of their article in an institutional repository, subject repository (e.g., arXiv, SSRN), or personal/departmental website.
• Share their published article on academic networking sites, professional repositories, or their own website.
• Make their article available in any repository required by their funding body or institution, in compliance with funder open-access mandates.

Conditions

• The original publication in Journal of Science and Technology (JST) must be clearly cited, including a link to the published version on the journal's website (jst.org.in) where possible.
• No embargo period applies — the final published version may be deposited immediately upon publication.

Recommended Repositories

While authors may deposit in any repository of their choosing, JST recommends depositing in a recognized institutional or subject repository (such as an author's university repository, or discipline-specific archives) to maximize long-term discoverability, consistent with the practices described in the SHERPA/RoMEO directory of publisher self-archiving policies.

This Repository Policy operates alongside JST's Digital Preservation arrangements (Portico and PKP Preservation Network), which preserve the journal's official archive independently of any author self-archiving.