OPEN ACCESS POLICY

The International Journal of Medical & Health Sciences [JMedHS] is a fully open-access, peer-reviewed international journal, committed to ensuring that all published research is freely, immediately, and permanently accessible to readers worldwide. The International Journal of Medical & Health Sciences [JMedHS] does not impose any subscription or access fees, enabling clinicians, researchers, academicians, educators, and policymakers to access high-quality medical and health sciences research without financial or institutional barriers.

The International Journal of Medical & Health Sciences [JMedHS] publishes all articles under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0). This license permits users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to the full texts, and adapt the content for scholarly and educational purposes, provided appropriate credit is given to the original authors and the journal. Authors retain full copyright ownership of their work while granting The International Journal of Medical & Health Sciences [JMedHS] a non-exclusive right to host, archive, preserve, and distribute the content in digital form.

The journal’s open-access publishing model significantly enhances the visibility, discoverability, citation potential, and global impact of published research. All accepted manuscripts are immediately available online upon publication, without embargo periods. Published content is permanently archived in the The International Journal of Medical & Health Sciences [JMedHS] Digital Repository, which adheres to internationally recognized standards for digital preservation, metadata management, and academic indexing, ensuring long-term accessibility and scholarly reliability.

The International Journal of Medical & Health Sciences [JMedHS] does not restrict access based on geographic location, institutional affiliation, or economic status, reflecting its commitment to equitable knowledge dissemination. The journal supports the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) and promotes transparent, ethical, and responsible open-access publishing practices in alignment with global research standards.

In addition, The International Journal of Medical & Health Sciences [JMedHS] maintains strict policies regarding publication ethics, plagiarism prevention, conflict of interest disclosure, and data integrity, ensuring that all open-access content meets the highest standards of academic and scientific quality.

Through its comprehensive open-access policy, The International Journal of Medical & Health Sciences [JMedHS] fosters a professional, inclusive, and globally impactful research environment, enabling the worldwide scientific and medical community to engage with, build upon, and apply evidence-based knowledge in clinical practice, public health, medical education, and health policy development.