Open Access
Free to read, share, and build upon — for everyone
Fully Open Access
All articles published in OSCRSJ are immediately and permanently available to read, download, and share at no cost to the reader. We do not maintain paywalls, subscription fees, or institutional access requirements. Medical knowledge — especially educational case-based literature — should be freely accessible to clinicians, trainees, and patients worldwide.
Creative Commons License
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 — Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license. Under this license, anyone is free to:
- →Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for non-commercial purposes
Under the following terms: appropriate credit must be given to the original authors with a link to the license, the material may not be used for commercial purposes, and if the material is remixed, transformed, or built upon, the modified material may not be distributed.
Benefits of Open Access
Global Reach
Your case report is accessible to surgeons, residents, and medical students worldwide — not just those at institutions with journal subscriptions.
Higher Visibility
Open-access articles are read, downloaded, and cited more frequently than paywalled articles, increasing the impact of your work.
Educational Impact
Trainees at community programs, international institutions, and under-resourced hospitals can access the same literature as those at academic medical centers.
Author Rights
Authors retain copyright of their work and the right to reuse their article in their own teaching, presentations, theses, and subsequent research without seeking publisher permission.
Content Integrity
The NoDerivatives clause means your work cannot be republished in altered or excerpted form, protecting the integrity of your clinical reporting and your professional reputation.
How We Sustain Open Access
OSCRSJ is funded through article processing charges (APCs) paid by authors upon acceptance. APCs cover the costs of peer review coordination, copyediting, DOI registration, web hosting, and long-term digital archiving.
APCs are waived entirely for manuscripts submitted before August 1, 2026. After that, we evaluate discount requests on a case-by-case basis — we are committed to supporting authors who would otherwise face a financial barrier to publication, particularly medical students and authors from lower-income settings. See our APC & Fees page for full details and to request a discount.