Open Access Statement

Reader Rights

Readers can freely view, download, distribute, and reuse published content in accordance with the journal’s open license. There are no login requirements or fees for accessing research. This unrestricted access enables use in education, teaching, clinical practice, and further research.

• No subscription charges or registration requirements.
• Articles are accessible on all devices and optimized for screen readers.
• Content may be shared in institutional repositories, classrooms, or clinical training without restriction.

Author Rights

Authors publishing with APCR retain significant rights over their work. By applying a permissive Creative Commons license, authors keep copyright while granting the community the right to reuse and redistribute the work. Authors may:

• Deposit accepted or published versions in institutional or subject repositories.
• Share content through personal or departmental websites and teaching platforms.
• Re-use figures, tables, and excerpts in future works with proper citation.
• Comply with funder mandates requiring open dissemination of research.

Licensing

APCR applies the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license to all articles. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. By publishing under CC BY, APCR ensures that the benefits of pathology and clinical research are maximized by allowing knowledge to circulate without artificial barriers.

Archiving & Preservation

Open access is reinforced by long-term preservation strategies. Articles are deposited into secure digital archives and repositories to safeguard accessibility. Authors and readers can be confident that the version of record remains reliably available for future generations, regardless of changes in publisher infrastructure or hosting technologies.