Open Access Policy

JOURNAL INTERDISCIPLINARY HEALTH (JIH)

Open Access Policy

Immediate Access • Author Copyright • Creative Commons Licensing

Open Access at a Glance

1. Open Access Statement

Journal Interdisciplinary Health (JIH) is a fully open-access scholarly journal committed to the unrestricted dissemination of scientific knowledge and equitable access to research findings.

All published articles are made freely and immediately available to the public upon publication, without subscription fees, registration requirements, paywalls, or embargo periods.

This policy is consistent with the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) and internationally recognized best practices in scholarly publishing.

2. Open Access Licensing

Articles published in Journal Interdisciplinary Health are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Users must provide appropriate attribution, include a link to the license, and indicate whether changes were made. Attribution must not suggest endorsement by the authors or publisher.

Full License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

3. Copyright Ownership

Authors retain copyright ownership of their original scholarly works published in JIH.

Authors grant the journal the right of first publication and authorize distribution of the published work under the CC BY 4.0 license.

The publisher does not require an exclusive transfer of copyright ownership as a condition of publication.

Copyright and licensing information is displayed on article landing pages and within published PDF files.

4. Immediate and Permanent Access

JIH provides immediate open access to the final published version of every article.

No embargo period is imposed on reading, downloading, sharing, or reusing published content in accordance with the applicable license.

Readers are not required to register, log in, or make payments to access the full text of published articles.

5. Author Self-Archiving and Repository Policy

Authors are permitted to deposit and disseminate their works in institutional repositories, subject repositories, personal academic websites, and other lawful platforms.

Authors may share submitted manuscripts, accepted manuscripts, and final published versions, subject to applicable third-party rights.

The final published version may be deposited immediately upon publication without an embargo.

Authors are encouraged to include complete bibliographic information, the DOI, journal title, and original publication link.

6. Reuse and Attribution Requirements

Reusers must acknowledge the original authors and publication source, including the following information where reasonably practicable:

• Author names and article title.
• Journal title and publication year.
• DOI or permanent article URL.
• Reference to the CC BY 4.0 license.
• Indication of any changes made.

The license does not authorize false endorsement or infringement of third-party rights.

7. Third-Party Materials

Authors must ensure that figures, images, tables, datasets, and other third-party materials are used with appropriate permission or under compatible licenses.

Unless otherwise indicated in a credit line, original author-created materials included in an article are covered by the article's CC BY 4.0 license.

Third-party materials excluded from the Creative Commons license remain subject to their respective copyright conditions.

8. Open Access and Publication Charges

All published articles are freely accessible to readers.

Any article processing charges (APCs), publication fees, and applicable waiver policies are disclosed separately on the journal's official website.

Editorial and peer-review decisions are based on scientific merit, methodological quality, and ethical compliance rather than an author's ability to pay.

9. Long-Term Accessibility and Preservation

JIH is committed to maintaining the long-term accessibility, integrity, and discoverability of its published scholarly content.

Published articles are identified through Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) and appropriate bibliographic metadata.

Details of the journal's verified digital preservation arrangements are provided in its separate Archiving Policy.

10. Open Access Transparency and Compliance

JIH maintains consistency between its open-access policy, article landing pages, PDF publications, copyright notices, licensing statements, and OJS metadata.

Changes to the licensing policy are communicated transparently and do not retroactively revoke permissions already granted under an applicable Creative Commons license.

Standard Article Copyright Notice

Copyright © [Year] The Author(s).

This article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), permitting use, sharing, adaptation, distribution, and reproduction in any medium or format, provided appropriate credit is given to the original authors and source, a link to the license is provided, and changes are indicated.