Open Access Statement

Open Access
Research on the Conservation of Cave Temples and Earthen Sites is an open-access journal. All published articles are freely available for readers to access and download in full text through the journal's official website: https://skytyz.dha.ac.cn/CN/home.

Peer Review
The journal implements a double-blind peer review system, ensuring anonymity between authors and reviewers to prevent non-academic influences (e.g., personal relationships) and uphold impartial evaluations.

Author and User Rights
Upon acceptance, authors must sign the "Copyright Transfer Agreement", granting the editorial board exclusive global rights, including but not limited to reproduction, distribution, dissemination, translation, and compilation.

Research on the Conservation of Cave Temples and Earthen Sites adopts the Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), permitting third-party users to:Share (copy/redistribute) the material in any medium or format.Attribute appropriately by citing the original publication (volume, issue, page numbers) and linking to the license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Indicate if modifications were made (without implying journal endorsement).

Restrictions:No commercial use.

No derivative works (remixing, transforming, or building upon the material).

Publication Fees
The journal charges no fees to authors. Published articles are freely accessible on the journal website, and authors receive remuneration upon formal publication.

Archiving
All articles since the journal’s launch (2022) are archived on the official website. Post-publication, print copies are deposited in: National Version Library of China, National Library of China. Digital versions are indexed in CNKI, Wanfang, VIP, and other platforms.

Author Self-Archiving
Authors may archive all versions of their articles in institutional repositories or other knowledge platforms, provided they acknowledge the original publication inResearch on the Conservation of Cave Temples and Earthen Sites.