Open Access Policy

P-ISSN: 3117-3284 E-ISSN: 3117-3292
Open Access Policy

Believers Journal of Health Sciences (BJHS) is a fully open-access journal. All articles are made freely available online immediately upon publication, without subscription charges, access restrictions, registration requirements, or embargo periods. The journal supports the free global circulation of scholarly knowledge and aims to ensure that health-science research remains accessible to researchers, clinicians, educators, students, policymakers, institutions, and the wider public.

Immediate Open Access & CC BY 4.0 Licensing

BJHS provides immediate access to the final published version of every article. Readers may access, read, download, print, share, and use published content without payment or subscription barriers. Authors retain copyright in their published work. All articles are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0), permitting users to copy, share, distribute, adapt, transform, and build upon published material for any lawful purpose—including commercial use—provided appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and the journal.

Rights and Permissions Framework
Retained Author Rights
• Retain absolute copyright ownership in their work.
• Share the published article through personal domains and repositories.
• Deposit the final version of record immediately with zero embargoes.
• Reuse work in teaching, presentations, theses, and future books.
Reader & User Rights
• Read and download full-text articles completely without charge.
• Share and redistribute published content arrays lawfully.
• Deploy articles for research, clinical learning, and policy development.
• Include articles in academic resources and institutional collections.

Note: Reuse must not misrepresent the original work, findings, authors, or journal. Authors are encouraged to cite the final published version of their article whenever their work is shared or reused.

Article Processing Charges (APC) Policy

BJHS does not charge authors any submission fee, peer-review fee, article processing charge, publication fee, or open-access fee. The Article Processing Charge for all accepted manuscripts is strictly INR 0 (Zero Rupees). Editorial decisions are based solely on scholarly merit, ethical compliance, methodological quality, clarity of reporting, and relevance to the journal’s scope. An author’s financial position does not influence editorial assessment, peer review, acceptance, or publication.

Editorial Independence Principle

The journal maintains complete separation between editorial decision-making and financial matters. Editors, reviewers, and editorial staff assess manuscripts independently and without influence from sponsorship, advertising, institutional interests, or publication-related payments.

Archiving and Long-Term Access

BJHS supports the long-term preservation and permanent accessibility of published research. Published articles may be deposited in institutional repositories, subject repositories, and other recognized preservation systems in accordance with the journal's archiving arrangements. Technical information regarding digital preservation and archiving is maintained through the journal’s Digital Archiving Policy page.

Policy Revisions & Open Dissemination

The journal publishes clear information regarding its peer-review process, copyright and licensing terms, author rights, publication charges, ethical standards, and editorial procedures. Any structural revision to this Open Access Policy will be published transparently on the official journal website interface before it takes effect, guaranteeing predictable workflows for all inbound author entities.

Commitment to Open Scholarship Transparency
Believers Journal of Health Sciences enforces complete responsibility across its editorial channels. Open-access publication does not modify or lower the journal’s review quality. All manuscripts are evaluated strictly through the established double-blind peer-review process, ensuring that clinical practitioners and healthcare researchers have immediate access to highly accurate and reliable literature data.