Believers Journal of Health Sciences (BJHS) is an open-access journal. Published articles are made freely available online immediately upon publication, without subscription charges, access restrictions, registration requirements, or embargo periods. The journal supports the broad dissemination of scholarly knowledge and seeks to make health-science research accessible to researchers, clinicians, educators, students, policymakers, institutions, and the wider public.
BJHS provides immediate access to the final published version of each article. Readers may access, read, download, print, share, and reuse published content without payment or subscription barriers. Authors retain copyright in their published work. Articles are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0), which permits users to copy, share, redistribute, adapt, transform, and build upon the material for any lawful purpose, including commercial use, provided that appropriate credit is given, a link to the licence is provided, and any changes are indicated.
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BJHS does not charge authors a submission fee, peer-review fee, article processing charge, publication fee, or open-access fee. The Article Processing Charge for accepted manuscripts is INR 0 (Zero Rupees). Editorial decisions are independent of financial considerations and are based on the journal's editorial criteria, including scholarly relevance, ethical compliance, methodological appropriateness, clarity of reporting, and alignment with the journal's scope.
Editorial decisions are made independently of financial considerations. Manuscript assessment and peer-review decisions should not be influenced by sponsorship, advertising, institutional interests, or publication-related payments. Editorial decisions are made in accordance with the journal's stated editorial and peer-review procedures.
BJHS supports continued access to published research in accordance with its stated archiving arrangements. Authors may deposit published articles in appropriate institutional or subject repositories in accordance with the journal's open-access and copyright terms. Information about the journal's current digital archiving and preservation arrangements is provided separately through its Digital Archiving Policy.
BJHS provides information about its open-access arrangements, copyright and licensing terms, author rights, publication charges, peer-review process, ethical policies, and relevant editorial procedures through its journal website. Material revisions to this Open Access Policy will be reflected in the current version published on the official BJHS website.