Open Access Policies

Open Access Policy

This is an open-access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.

International Journal of Medical Studies is published Open Access under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 license. The authors retain full copyright. For more information see the copyright section below.

Articles are published immediately upon the final corrections of the master proof having been made.

International Journal of Medical Studies is accessible via the journal’s website at www.ijmsonline.in as well as via international search engines.

 

Copyright and Licensing

Authors contributing to International Journal of Medical Studies agree to publish their articles under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 license, allowing third parties to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format, and to remix, transform, and build upon the material, for any purpose, even commercially, under the condition that appropriate credit is given, that a link to the license is provided, and that you indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

 

The Authors retain copyright (full ownership) to their content published in the Journal. We claim no intellectual property rights over the material provided by any User in this Journal. However, by setting pages to be viewed publicly (Open Access), the User agrees to allow others to view and download the relevant content. In addition, Open Access articles might be used by the Provider, or any other third party, for data mining purposes.

The Provider reserves the rights in its sole discretion to refuse or remove any content that is available via the Website.