Self-Archiving Policy

Authors publishing in Kertas of Automation and Robotics Science (KARS) under the gold open access model are encouraged to archive their work on a variety of non-commercial platforms, in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Authors are permitted to deposit the following versions of their manuscript:

  • Pre-print (original manuscript before peer review)

  • Post-print (accepted manuscript after peer review)

  • Version of record (final published version)

These versions may be shared through:

  • Personal websites or academic blogs

  • Institutional repositories

  • Non-commercial subject-specific repositories

  • Academic social platforms (e.g., ResearchGate, Academia.edu)

  • Social media and other public forums

When sharing accepted or published versions, authors must clearly indicate that the article has been accepted or published in Kertas of Automation and Robotics Science (KARS) by KertasSci.

To ensure the integrity of the scholarly record, authors must include a link to the official version of the article on the KARS journal website. The version available on the journal site should be treated as the final and definitive version of record.

Authors are also encouraged to review the policies of their funding agencies or affiliated institutions to ensure full compliance with any additional archiving or repository requirements.