The Believers Medical Journal (BeMJ) follows a Gold Open Access publishing model that provides immediate and unrestricted online access to its published scholarly content. Consistent with the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI), readers can access published articles without subscription fees, paywalls, or mandatory registration requirements.
BeMJ supports broad and equitable access to medical and healthcare knowledge and recognizes that unrestricted availability of research can contribute to scientific collaboration, evidence-based practice, medical education, and informed healthcare decision-making.
Subject to the terms of the applicable open license, readers, researchers, clinicians, educators, academic institutions, and other lawful users may:
BeMJ provides open access to its published research so that scholarly content can be accessed and used by the global academic and healthcare community in accordance with the journal’s licensing terms.
Articles published under the journal’s open access model are made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), where applicable.
The license permits users to share and adapt licensed material for commercial and noncommercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given, a reference to the license is included, and any modifications are clearly indicated. Users must not imply endorsement by the authors, journal, or affiliated institution where such endorsement has not been provided.
Authors retain copyright in their published work under the journal’s applicable licensing arrangements. By publishing with BeMJ, authors grant the journal the necessary rights to publish, distribute, archive, index, and make the article publicly available under the stated Creative Commons license.
Authors may deposit appropriate versions of their manuscripts, including the accepted or published version where permitted, in institutional, subject-based, or other suitable scholarly repositories in accordance with the applicable license terms.
Published content is supported by the journal’s digital archiving and preservation practices to promote continued accessibility and integrity of the scholarly record.
The Believers Medical Journal (BeMJ) seeks to maintain its open access, copyright, licensing, and editorial practices in accordance with recognized standards of transparency and responsible scholarly publishing, including relevant DOAJ criteria and COPE Core Practices.
The journal periodically reviews its open access and licensing policies to maintain clarity, consistency, and transparency for authors, readers, and other users of published research.
Articles published by BeMJ are freely accessible under the applicable open access license. Users may read, download, copy, share, distribute, and adapt licensed material in accordance with the CC BY 4.0 terms. Appropriate attribution must be provided, the license must be identified, and any modifications must be indicated.
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