Open Access Policy

Open Access Statement

Biocentra: Journal of Medical and Health Sciences is a fully Open Access journal. All published articles are made freely and permanently available online immediately upon publication without subscription fees, paywalls, or access restrictions.

The journal believes that unrestricted access to scientific knowledge promotes international collaboration, accelerates medical and health innovation, supports evidence-based practice, and enhances the visibility and impact of scholarly research worldwide.

Benefits of Open Access

  • Immediate and free access to all published articles.
  • Greater visibility and wider dissemination of research findings.
  • Increased opportunities for citation and international collaboration.
  • Accessible to researchers, healthcare professionals, educators, policymakers, and the general public worldwide.
  • No registration, subscription, or payment is required to read or download published content.

Author Rights

Authors retain the copyright to their published work while granting Biocentra the non-exclusive right to publish, archive, preserve, and disseminate the article as part of the journal's official scholarly record. Authors are encouraged to share the published Version of Record through institutional repositories, personal websites, and academic networking platforms with appropriate citation to the original publication.

Licensing

Articles published in Biocentra are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) License. This license allows users to copy, distribute, adapt, and reuse published materials, including for commercial purposes, provided that appropriate attribution is given to the original author(s) and any derivative works are distributed under the same license.

Permanent Accessibility

Biocentra is committed to ensuring the long-term preservation and accessibility of its published scholarly content. Articles remain permanently available through the journal website and may also be preserved in recognized digital repositories and archiving services to ensure continuous access for future generations of researchers.

Commitment to Knowledge Sharing

Biocentra supports the unrestricted exchange of scientific knowledge and encourages the responsible sharing, citation, and reuse of published research to advance medicine, biomedical sciences, nursing, pharmacy, public health, and other health-related disciplines for the benefit of the global scientific community.

Open Access Commitment

Biocentra is committed to providing immediate, free, and unrestricted access to high-quality scientific research. By removing barriers to knowledge, the journal seeks to maximize the global dissemination, accessibility, visibility, and scholarly impact of published research while promoting equitable access to scientific information for researchers, healthcare professionals, educators, policymakers, and society.