Copyright & Licensing Policy
PJPCR's policies on authorship rights, licensing, and open access to published research.
The Princeton Journal of Pre-Collegiate Research (PJPCR) maintains a fully open-access model, meaning all published articles are completely free for anyone to read online without subscription or monetary barriers.
Key Details of the PJPCR Open Access Policy:
Free Read Access: The journal believes that pre-collegiate research should be accessible to educators, researchers, and students everywhere, so content is permanently free to access.
No Reader Fees: There are no subscription costs or paywalls restricting access to published work.
Beyond Just Reading: True open access goes further than free viewing, it means authors grant usage rights that let anyone download, copy, distribute, print, or search the full text, link to it freely, index it for discovery, or even feed it into research software and tools. PJPCR's model is built around this broader standard, licensing all articles under CC BY 4.0.
Online Availability: All peer-reviewed articles are hosted openly on the PJPCR website.
Author Rights Retained: Authors retain full copyright over their work and full publishing rights without restriction. PJPCR does not require authors to transfer or assign copyright to the journal, publication under CC BY 4.0 simply grants the public a license to reuse the work, while authors remain the legal copyright holders free to republish, distribute, or reuse their own research elsewhere.