Open Access Policy

 
 
 

BOAI · DOAJ · CC BY 4.0 · Plan S · cOAlition S

Open Access Policy

PTJI is fully committed to open access — making peer-reviewed research freely and permanently available to everyone, everywhere, immediately upon publication.

Full Open Access APC $1,500 USD CC BY 4.0 Zero Embargo DOAJ Listed

Our Commitment

The Physical Therapy Journal of Indonesia (PTJI) provides immediate open access to all published content based on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge and accelerates scientific progress.

PTJI is a fully open-access journal. All published articles are freely available to readers worldwide at no charge. An Article Processing Charge (APC) of $1,500 USD applies upon acceptance to cover editorial and production costs. There are no subscription fees for readers. APC waiver is available for eligible unfunded authors — see the full APC policy for details.

 

Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI)

What Open Access Means for You

In accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI), all users — individuals and institutions alike — are permitted to:

 

Read

Access all articles in full, free of charge, with no registration required

 

Download

Download full-text PDFs for offline reading and personal use

 

Copy & Distribute

Copy, redistribute, and share content in any medium or format

 

Search & Index

Search and link to full-text articles, which are indexed in Scopus and other databases

 

Link & Embed

Link to or embed articles in other publications, websites, or educational materials

 

Teach & Reuse

Use articles in teaching, training, and educational programs without prior permission

One Condition Applies: All use must include proper attribution to the original author(s), the article title, journal name (PTJI), and the DOI link — consistent with the CC BY 4.0 license. No prior permission from the publisher or author is required.

 

Article Processing Charge

APC & Publication Fees

Article Processing Charge

$1,500 USD

Charged upon acceptance

Submission Fee

Free

No charge to submit

Reader Access

Free

No subscription required

APC Waiver Available

PTJI offers APC waivers or discounts for authors from low-income countries or those without institutional funding. Waiver requests must be submitted at the time of manuscript submission and are evaluated on a case-by-case basis by the Editor-in-Chief. View full APC policy →

APC $1,500 USD (upon acceptance) ✓ No Submission Fee ✓ No Page / Color Charges ✓ Free for Readers ✓ Waiver Available
 

Creative Commons

License: CC BY 4.0 International

All articles published in PTJI are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. Authors retain copyright of their work. The CC BY 4.0 license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium — including for commercial purposes — provided the original work is properly cited.

This license is compliant with the requirements of cOAlition S / Plan S, Wellcome Trust, NIH, and most major international research funders that mandate open access publication.

 

Plan S · cOAlition S · Funder Compliance

Research Funder OA Requirements

PTJI's open access policy is compliant with the mandates of major international research funders. Authors funded by the following organizations may publish in PTJI without embargo or restriction:

Plan S / cOAlition S Wellcome Trust NIH (USA) UKRI European Commission (Horizon) BRIN (Indonesia) Kemendikbudristek WHO Research Grants
 

Discoverability & Impact

Indexing & Abstracting

Open access publication in PTJI ensures that articles are freely discoverable and citable worldwide. All published articles are indexed in the following databases and directories:

Scopus

Elsevier's abstract and citation database

DOAJ

Directory of Open Access Journals

Crossref

DOI registration and citation linking

Google Scholar

Full-text search and citation tracking

PKP Index

Public Knowledge Project global index

Garuda / SINTA

Indonesian national science database

 

SHERPA/RoMEO · Green OA

Self-Archiving Policy

PTJI supports Green Open Access. Authors may deposit any version of their manuscript — preprint, accepted manuscript, or the final published PDF — in any institutional or public repository at any time, with no embargo period. Authors should link back to the DOI of the published article when self-archiving.

✓ Preprint — anytime ✓ Accepted Manuscript — immediately ✓ Published PDF — immediately ✓ No Embargo

Standards & Frameworks

BOAI CC BY 4.0 DOAJ Plan S / cOAlition S SHERPA/RoMEO Crossref Scopus PKP OJS SINTA / Garuda