OPEN ACCESS POLICY

The International Journal of Medical Sciences and Academic Research (IJMSAR) is a fully Open Access, peer-reviewed scholarly journal. All content published by the journal is made immediately and permanently available online without subscription fees, registration requirements, or paywalls.

IJMSAR believes that unrestricted access to scientific knowledge supports global research collaboration, improves visibility of scholarly work, and accelerates scientific progress.

All users have the right to access the journal’s content free of charge.

Readers are permitted to:

• read
• download
• copy
• distribute
• print
• search
• link to full texts
• reuse the content for lawful purposes

without asking prior permission from the publisher or the authors, subject to proper attribution.

Licensing Policy

All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

This license allows:

• sharing — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
• adapting — remix, transform, and build upon the material
• commercial and non-commercial use

provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and source, a link to the license is included, and any changes are indicated.

Copyright Policy

Authors retain full copyright of their published work.

By submitting and publishing with IJMSAR, authors grant the journal a non-exclusive license to:

• publish the article
• identify IJMSAR as the original publisher
• distribute, archive, and preserve the article

Authors may freely:

• share their published article
• post it on personal or institutional websites
• deposit it in repositories
• use it for teaching and research
• distribute it without restriction

provided that proper citation to the original publication is maintained.

Self-Archiving Policy

Authors are permitted to deposit:

• submitted version (preprint)
• accepted manuscript (postprint)
• published version (Version of Record)

in institutional, subject-based, or public repositories at any time without embargo.

Digital Archiving and Preservation

To ensure permanent accessibility and long-term preservation of published content, IJMSAR participates in the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN). The PKP PN provides secure and reliable preservation of journal content through a distributed preservation network.

Compliance with International Open Access Standards

IJMSAR adheres to internationally recognized Open Access principles and publishing best practices, including:

• Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI)
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) standards
• Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines
• Open Journal Systems (PKP) publishing framework

The journal is committed to transparency, ethical publishing, and unrestricted dissemination of research.