Self-Archiving and Repository Deposit

Self-Archiving and Repository Deposit Policy

Vigiles – Civil Defense, Social Defense and Public Security Journal supports the principles of Open Science and adopts a zero-embargo self-archiving policy, allowing authors to deposit versions of their manuscripts in institutional, subject-based, or open-access repositories, as well as on personal or academic webpages, subject to the conditions established in this policy.

Self-archiving is permitted for the following versions of the manuscript:

1. Submitted Manuscript

The version of the manuscript originally submitted to Vigiles, before completion of the peer-review process. Authors may make this version available before, during, or after the editorial process. Authors are encouraged to indicate that the manuscript has been submitted to Vigiles.

2. Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM)

The version of the manuscript incorporating the changes resulting from the peer-review process and formally accepted for publication, but which has not yet undergone the journal's final editorial processing, copyediting, normalization, typesetting, layout, and publication procedures.

3. Version of Record (VoR)

The final version officially published by Vigiles, including the typeset version made available on the journal's website. Deposit of this version is permitted without embargo.

There is no embargo period for the deposit of any version authorized under this policy.

For deposits made after publication, authors should, whenever possible, provide:

  • the complete bibliographic reference of the article;

  • the name of the Vigiles journal;

  • the article's DOI and/or other persistent identifier;

  • a permanent link to the official published version on the Vigiles website; and

  • where applicable, an indication of the version being deposited (Submitted Manuscript, Author Accepted Manuscript, or Version of Record).

The deposit of a manuscript version in repositories or on personal or academic webpages does not constitute duplicate or redundant publication, provided that the version is properly identified and the original publication in Vigiles is acknowledged.

The version published by Vigiles constitutes the official Version of Record. Self-archiving of previous versions or of the published version does not alter the editorial record, authorship, DOI, or other bibliographic information associated with the article.

When the published version is deposited or shared, authors must retain the attribution to the authors, the reference to Vigiles, the DOI, and the terms of the applicable license, in accordance with the journal's copyright and licensing policy.

This policy applies to articles published by Vigiles and aims to promote the broad dissemination, accessibility, preservation, and responsible reuse of scholarly research, in accordance with the principles of Open Science and international best practices in scholarly publishing.