Journal Policies

Open Access Policy

International Journal of Health and Medical Science (IJHMS) is fully committed to the principles of open access publishing and ensures that all research articles are made immediately and permanently available online without any form of restriction. The journal operates under a model that removes all financial, legal, and technical barriers to accessing scholarly work, thereby promoting unrestricted dissemination of scientific knowledge across global communities.

All articles published in IJHMS are freely accessible immediately upon publication and remain permanently available in the public domain.

  • Immediate and unrestricted access to full-text articles upon publication.
  • No subscription, registration, or paywall barriers.
  • Users may read, download, copy, distribute, and share content.
  • Proper attribution to original authors is mandatory.

Archiving Policy (PKP PN)

IJHMS ensures long-term digital preservation through the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN) , a distributed archiving system that safeguards scholarly content across multiple secure nodes.

This system guarantees permanent accessibility of published articles even in the event of server failure or technical disruption.

  • Distributed and redundant preservation system.
  • Long-term storage of Version of Record.
  • Protection against data loss and cyber risks.
  • Continuous integrity monitoring.

Copyright and Licensing

The EPH – International Journal of Medical and Health Science (IJMHS) operates under an Open Access model, typically employing a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license to promote wide dissemination of research. Under this CC BY 4.0 license, authors retain the full copyright ownership of their articles without restrictions. By publishing in IJMHS, authors grant the publisher , a non-exclusive license to publish, reproduce, distribute, and display the work in both electronic and print formats. The CC BY license allows users to download, share, reuse, and build upon the published work, even commercially, provided that the original author(s) and the EPH journal are properly cited, ensuring maximum exposure and academic credit. Furthermore, this arrangement allows authors to retain the right to use the substance of their article in future works, such as books or lectures, and to self-archive the final article.

Plagiarism Policy

The journal enforces a strict anti-plagiarism policy. All manuscripts are screened using plagiarism detection software prior to peer review. The EPH - International Journal of Medical and Health Science (IJMHS) upholds high standards of academic integrity, requiring all submitted manuscripts to be original works. Authors are responsible for ensuring all sources are properly cited, and the journal reserves the right to reject submissions or retract published articles found to be in significant violation of these standards

  • Mandatory plagiarism screening.
  • Immediate rejection for high similarity.
  • Investigation of misconduct.
  • Retraction in severe cases.