Open Access and Privacy Statement

Himalayan Journal of Health Sciences (HJHS) is committed to real and immediate open access for academic work. All the original articles and review papers published in this journal are free to access immediately from the date of publication. We don’t charge any fees for any reader to download articles and reviews for their own scholarly use.

Benefits of open access for authors include:

• Free access for all users worldwide
• Authors retain copyright to their work
• Increased visibility and readership
• Rapid publication
• No spatial constraints

User Rights

All articles published open access will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read, download, copy and distribute. Permitted reuse is defined by the user license CC-BY-NC.

The Himalayan Journal of Health Sciences also operates under the Creative Commons Licence CC-BY-NC. This allows for the reproduction of articles, free of charge, for non-commercial use only and with the appropriate citation information. All authors publishing with the HJHS accept these as the terms of publication.

CC-BY-NC (Creative Commons Non-Commercial License): Allows others to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format. However, the material may not be used for commercial purposes. It can be an appropriate licence for monographs because it protects print copy sales while still providing scope for users to create derivative works of the online version to the benefit of all academia.

Open Access Publication Fee

HJHS is an open access journal with no subscription or Article submission charges, a fee is payable by the author or research funder to cover the costs associated with publication. This ensures your article will be immediately and permanently free to access by everyone.

The open access publication fee for directly submitted articles is -

1500 INR/article from Indian Authors

USD 30/article from Authors from Low-Income Countries.

USD 40/article from Authors from Low-Middle Income Countries.

USD 60/article from Authors from Upper-Middle-Income Countries

USD 100/article from Authors from High-Income Countries.

(No other hidden charges) More detail for waiver policy.

Publishing Schedule

HJHS journal publishes 4 issues a year (Quarterly).

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.