What is Open Access?

Open Access (OA) means that all published research is freely available online to anyone, anywhere, without subscription fees, paywalls, or registration barriers. Readers can access, download, read, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text of every article.

IJDHDS is a fully Gold Open Access journal. This means the final published version of every article is immediately and permanently open at the point of publication, with no embargo period.

License: CC BY 4.0

All articles published in IJDHDS are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. This is the most permissive of the standard CC licenses.

Licensed Under

CC BY 4.0

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

You are free to share and adapt the material for any purpose, even commercially, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author and source.

You Are Free To

• - Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
• - Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material
• - Use commercially — for any purpose, including commercial

Under These Conditions

• - Attribution — you must give appropriate credit to the original author and source
• - Link to license — indicate if changes were made
• - No additional restrictions — you may not apply legal or technological restrictions

Author Rights

Authors who publish with IJDHDS retain the copyright of their work. By publishing under CC BY 4.0, authors grant readers broad rights while retaining their own. Authors specifically retain:

Full Copyright

Authors retain the copyright to their published work.

Reuse Rights

Reuse the article in teaching, books, or future publications without permission.

Distribution Rights

Distribute the article via email, social media, websites, or institutional repositories.

Repository Deposit

Deposit the final published PDF in any repository, at any time, without embargo.

Translations

Translate the article into other languages with attribution.

Retain Patents

Retain the right to file patents based on the published research.

Reader Rights

Anyone may access and use the content published in IJDHDS. Specifically, readers are free to:

Download

Any article, any time

Copy

Redistribute the content

Print

Hard copies for any use

Link

Cite and link to articles

Search

Full-text and metadata

Data Mine

Text and data mining

Copyright

Authors retain the copyright to their work. There is no need to sign a separate copyright transfer agreement. By publishing in IJDHDS, authors grant the journal the right of first publication and agree to distribute the work under the CC BY 4.0 license.

IJDHDS claims no exclusive rights over the published content. Authors may reuse, adapt, and republish their own work at any time.

Fees & Article Processing Charges

Open Access publishing involves costs. To sustain our operations while keeping access free for all, IJDHDS charges an Article Processing Charge (APC) only upon acceptance. There are no submission fees or reading fees.

Self-Archiving Policy

IJDHDS supports green open access. Authors may deposit any version of their article in any repository, at any time, without embargo or permission. This policy is compatible with Sherpa/Romeo "green" requirements.

Preprint

The version submitted before peer review may be posted on any preprint server (arXiv, bioRxiv, SSRN, etc.).

Accepted Manuscript

The peer-reviewed, accepted version (before typesetting) may be deposited immediately with no embargo.

Published Version (Version of Record)

The final, typeset PDF may be deposited immediately in any repository without embargo.

Recommended Repositories

Authors are encouraged to deposit their work in any of the following trusted repositories:

Funder Compliance

IJDHDS's Open Access policy is designed to comply with the requirements of major research funders worldwide, including:

Questions About Open Access?

Contact the editorial office for licensing clarifications, APC waiver requests, or repository guidance.