Immediate and Permanent Access
All published scholarly articles are freely available online from the date of publication, without embargo, subscription, paywall, or mandatory reader registration.
Open Access and Copyright
EDITORIAL POLICIES
Open Access, Copyright and Licensing
The Journal of Digital Health and Advanced Biomaterials — JDHAB provides immediate and permanent open access to its published scholarly content, supporting unrestricted reading, responsible reuse, scientific dissemination, and equitable participation in scholarly communication.
JDHAB operates under a Diamond Open Access publishing model. Readers may access published content without subscription, payment, registration, or embargo, and authors are not charged submission or publication fees.
Published scholarly articles are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. Authors retain copyright and grant JDHAB a non-exclusive right of first publication.
Open-Access Model
Open Reuse
Users may read, download, copy, share, distribute, print, link to, search, and reuse published content in accordance with the CC BY 4.0 license.
Author Copyright
Copyright remains with the author or other lawful copyright holder. JDHAB does not require transfer of copyright or exclusive publishing rights.
No Author Charges
JDHAB does not charge submission fees, editorial processing fees, article processing charges, or other mandatory publication fees.
Copyright and Publishing Rights
Authors Retain Copyright
Authors, or their employers or institutions when they are the lawful copyright holders, retain copyright in the published work.
By publishing with JDHAB, the copyright holder grants the journal a non-exclusive right of first publication and permission to publish, distribute, preserve, index, and identify the work as originally published by JDHAB.
Rights Granted to the Public
The copyright holder makes the published work available to the public under CC BY 4.0. The license is not an assignment of copyright to JDHAB.
License Identification
The copyright holder and CC BY 4.0 license should be identified on each published article and in its associated metadata and full-text formats.
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
CC BY 4.0 License
Unless otherwise indicated for a specific item, JDHAB scholarly articles and their supplementary materials are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
The license permits sharing and adaptation in any medium or format for any lawful purpose, including commercial use, provided that its attribution requirements are followed.
Sharing and Redistribution
Users may copy and redistribute the licensed material in any medium or format without requesting additional permission from the authors or the journal.
Adaptation and Translation
Users may remix, transform, translate, and build upon the licensed material, provided that attribution is supplied and modifications are identified.
Commercial Reuse
CC BY 4.0 permits commercial as well as non-commercial reuse. A commercial purpose does not remove the obligation to provide attribution or comply with other applicable rights.
Computational Use
Indexing, text and data mining, machine processing, and other computational uses are permitted under the license, subject to applicable law and any clearly identified third-party rights.
Conditions for Reuse
Appropriate Attribution
Reuse must give appropriate credit to the author or other copyright holder, identify JDHAB as the original publication source, and include a link to the license. Citation of the article title, journal, year, and DOI is strongly recommended.
Indication of Changes
Any translation, adaptation, abbreviation, correction, or other modification must be clearly indicated. Earlier notices of modification must be retained when applicable.
No Implied Endorsement
Attribution must not suggest that the authors, editors, journal, or publisher endorse the user, the reuse, or any resulting product or interpretation.
No Additional Restrictions
Users may not apply legal terms or technological measures that prevent others from exercising rights granted by the CC BY 4.0 license.
Repository Deposit and Scholarly Sharing
Immediate Sharing of the Version of Record
Authors and readers may deposit, archive, and share the final published Version of Record immediately upon publication in institutional or subject repositories, personal or institutional websites, academic networks, teaching environments, and other lawful platforms.
The deposited copy should preserve the article’s bibliographic information, DOI or permanent link, copyright notice, and CC BY 4.0 license statement.
No Embargo
JDHAB does not impose an embargo on repository deposit or lawful sharing of the published Version of Record.
Third-Party Material and Other Rights
Material Not Covered by the Article License
Figures, photographs, tables, instruments, excerpts, or other third-party material may be subject to different terms when this is stated in a credit line, legend, or rights notice. Permission may be required for reuse beyond the applicable terms or legal exceptions.
Privacy, Consent, and Personal Data
CC BY 4.0 grants copyright permissions only. It does not override privacy, confidentiality, informed-consent conditions, data-protection requirements, personality rights, or restrictions applicable to identifiable clinical information or images.
Other Legal Rights
The license may not cover patents, trademarks, moral rights, publicity rights, or other rights held by third parties. Users remain responsible for determining whether additional permission is required for their intended use.
Journal Website Elements
The CC BY 4.0 article license does not automatically apply to the JDHAB name, logo, visual identity, website interface, or administrative pages unless a separate license notice expressly states otherwise.
Publication Fees
No Submission Fees or Publication Charges
JDHAB does not charge authors submission fees, editorial processing fees, article processing charges (APCs), page charges, color charges, figure charges, supplementary-material charges, or mandatory publication-service fees.
Authors are not required to purchase memberships, editing services, or other products from JDHAB as a condition of submission, peer review, editorial decision, or publication.
Diamond Open Access Commitment
JDHAB is committed to immediate and permanent access to scholarly content, author retention of copyright, transparent CC BY 4.0 licensing, responsible reuse, editorial independence, and the absence of financial barriers for readers and authors.
