All journals with a print version, regardless in BTS or not and with only a couple of excpetions/special cases, shall be published with front matter in every first issue of a volume and back matter in every last issue in a volume. Journals with one physical issue per volume include front and back matter in that fascicule.
E-only journals (issue-based and with the option of Advance articles) include front matter only.
E-only journals observing the Continuous Article Processing model neither publish front nor back matter.
Model: | Front matter | Back matter |
…with a p-version | YES | YES |
…published as e-only | YES | NO |
…observing CAP model | NO | NO |
…with p-version off cases* | [YES] | [YES] |
Either hybrid or full OA are not relevant for this.
*) The journal may include an issue-based Table of Content in print (allowed by exception) –> do NOT publish such a TOC online. Other example: the journal may include an issue-based TOC and no back matter (Volume contents) whatsoever. E.g., HIMA. Do not publish online any of these.
