SELF ARCHIVING POLICY

International Journal of Medical & Healthcare Sciences [IJMedHS] strongly encourages authors to self-archive their research manuscripts to enhance global accessibility, visibility, and academic impact. Self-archiving enables authors to deposit a version of their manuscript in institutional repositories, personal websites, or subject-specific archives while fully complying with the journal’s ethical, copyright, and licensing policies.

Permitted Version for Archiving

Authors may self-archive the accepted manuscript (post-peer review, pre-typesetting). All self-archived versions must:

• Clearly acknowledge International Journal of Medical & Healthcare Sciences [IJMedHS] as the original publisher.
• Include a link to the final published article.
• Maintain ethical and copyright compliance.

Benefits of Self-Archiving

• Ensures permanent global access to research.
• Promotes open science, knowledge dissemination, and collaboration.
• Increases visibility, discoverability, and citation potential.
• Enables researchers, clinicians, educators, and policymakers to freely access and build upon the work.

Copyright and Licensing

While International Journal of Medical & Healthcare Sciences [IJMedHS] retains copyright of the published version, authors are permitted to share their accepted manuscripts responsibly under Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) licensing, ensuring both author rights and open access for the global research community.

Commitment to Ethical and Transparent Research

Through this self-archiving policy, International Journal of Medical & Healthcare Sciences [IJMedHS] supports a transparent, ethical, and globally accessible publishing environment, fostering the professional development of authors and contributing to the advancement of medical and health sciences worldwide.