Open Access

1. Open Access Statement

    Gold Science and Technology officially transitioned to a fully open access publishing model in 2023, adopting the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. Starting from Issue 1, 2023, all articles are made immediately and permanently available for free reading and download on the journal’s official website upon publication. Readers may freely reproduce, distribute and use the relevant articles in accordance with the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.
    In addition, all articles published in the journal prior to 2023 have been retroactively converted to open access. Readers may read and download these articles free of charge via the journal’s official website, and exercise the rights to reproduce, distribute and use the content under the terms of the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.

2. User Rights and Author Rights

    The Creative Commons is used by Gold Science and Technology to allow third-party users to share in the form of CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. That is, the published articles can be opened immediately and permanently on the website and accessed freely. Journal Owner allows users to read, download, copy, print, search or link to the full text of the article, or use it for other legitimate purposes. Provided that they comply with the terms of the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license agreement:
    When copying and distributing the relevant articles, appropriate credit must be given, a link to the license agreement must be provided, and it must be indicated whether any changes have been made to the original articles. The attribution must be done in a reasonable manner, but in no way that suggests endorsement by the journal. The relevant articles must not be used for commercial purposes. If the articles are remixed, transformed, or built upon, the modified articles must not be distributed. For more detailed information about this license agreement, please visit:
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

3. Copyright Policy

    All contributors submitting manuscripts to this journal are required to sign a Copyright Transfer Agreement, thereby transferring the copyright of their articles to the Editorial Department of Gold Science and Technology. Upon publication, the copyright of the articles shall belong to the Editorial Department. However, after publication, authors have the right to continue using their articles in the following circumstances:
    (1) Authors may reproduce, distribute, and use their articles in accordance with the journal's license agreement (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) for non-commercial academic purposes, such as seminars, exchanges, academic presentations, lectures, etc.;
    (2) Authors may use their articles in other activities permitted and authorized by the Editorial Department.
    If the submitted manuscript is ultimately not accepted for publication, the aforementioned Copyright Transfer Agreement signed by the author shall automatically become null and void.

4. Article Archiving Policy

    All articles are digitally archived and backed up in the editorial department. In the event of a publication suspension, readers can access historical articles from China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang Data, Weipu, etc. To ensure data security, all information has also been backed up at the editorial department.

5. Authors' Self-Archiving

    The journal allows authors to store all versions of their articles in an institutional or other knowledge repository of their choice, provided that the stored repository's article metadata includes the journal's publication information, serving as a recommended citation.

6. Data Sharing

    Authors are encouraged to share research data under appropriate circumstances, including raw data, observation records, experimental results, etc（Recommend the ScienceDB Data Repository）. The journal emphasizes the importance of authors sharing related research software, code, models, algorithms, protocols, methods, and other valuable materials. Authors are encouraged to upload such materials to accessible third-party storage platforms and provide corresponding links at the end of their articles.

7. Post-publication Discussions

    The journal welcomes authors and readers to participate in discussions on published articles. Comments can be sent to the journal's email, and the editorial department will handle them promptly, providing necessary feedback. The journal actively encourages mutual supervision and feedback on relevant information, aiming to cultivate a vibrant and positive academic environment.

8. Manuscript charge

    (1) The editorial department of Gold Science and Technology only charges a page fee for all papers that have passed the review and to be published in accordance with relevant regulations.
    (2) Gold Science and Technology does not charge any extra fees such as overprint fee.
    (3) Detailed standards on the APC are as follows: 
        ① Pages with no color: 300 RMB per page.
        ② Pages with colored figures and tables: 800 RMB per page.
        ③ Additional 30 RMB for financial processing fee. 
    (4) The highest page charge collected was 7,230 RMB.