Believers Medical Journal (BeMJ) follows a Gold Open Access publishing model under which published articles are made freely and immediately available online upon publication. The journal supports the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) and aims to facilitate broad, equitable, and responsible access to medical and healthcare research.
Readers can access published scholarly content without subscription barriers or journal-imposed access restrictions, subject to the applicable licensing terms. This model is intended to support research visibility, academic collaboration, knowledge sharing, and the wider dissemination of evidence relevant to medicine and healthcare.
Subject to the applicable Creative Commons license, readers may:
Authors retain copyright in their published work and grant Believers Medical Journal the rights necessary to publish, reproduce, and distribute the article under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).
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Articles published by BeMJ are made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), unless otherwise stated for specific content. The license permits reuse, distribution, and adaptation, including commercial and non-commercial use, provided appropriate credit is given to the original authors and source.
Published articles are made available online upon publication without a subscription requirement or journal-imposed embargo period for reader access.
Open access status does not determine the editorial outcome of a manuscript. Manuscripts falling within the journal's peer-reviewed publication categories are evaluated through the journal's double-blind peer-review process before a final editorial decision.
Open access publishing at Believers Medical Journal operates alongside the journal's standards for research integrity and responsible scholarly communication. Editorial decisions are independent of the open access model and are based on relevant scholarly, scientific, methodological, and ethical considerations.
BeMJ supports the fundamental principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative, particularly the objective of making scholarly research freely accessible to readers and facilitating lawful use, distribution, and dissemination of academic knowledge.
Open access does not remove the responsibilities associated with scholarly publishing. Authors remain responsible for the accuracy, originality, ethical conduct, proper attribution, and integrity of their work.
The Believers Medical Journal open access policy is informed by the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative, the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, relevant publication-ethics practices, and established transparency principles for open access journals.
The journal may periodically review and update this policy to reflect changes in its publishing procedures, licensing arrangements, technological practices, and developments in open access publishing.
The opinions, findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in articles published by Believers Medical Journal belong to the respective authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Editors, Editorial Board, Publisher, or affiliated institutions. Authors remain responsible for the accuracy, originality, ethical compliance, and scientific integrity of their work.