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Open Access

Sapiens in Health Sciences (SHS) adopts an Open Access publishing model, ensuring that all published content is freely, immediately, permanently, and universally accessible to readers, researchers, healthcare professionals, academic institutions, and the general public.

All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits the access, use, sharing, distribution, and reuse of published content without financial, technical, or legal restrictions, provided that appropriate credit is given to the authors and the original source of publication.

Under the terms of this license, any user may:

  • Read, consult, and download published articles.
  • Copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
  • Share the content for academic, scientific, educational, or professional purposes.
  • Adapt, transform, and build upon the published material.
  • Use the material for any lawful purpose, including commercial use.

These freedoms may not be revoked, provided that the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license are respected.

Conditions of the CC BY 4.0 License

Any reuse of published content must comply with the following conditions:

Attribution

Users must provide appropriate credit to the authors and the journal by including the corresponding bibliographic citation, a link to the license, and a clear indication of any modifications made to the original material.

Attribution must be provided in a reasonable manner and must not imply that the authors or the journal endorse or approve the use made of the content.

No Additional Restrictions

No legal, contractual, or technological measures may be imposed that restrict the rights granted under the CC BY 4.0 license.

Copyright

Authors retain full copyright ownership of their work before, during, and after publication.

Acceptance of a manuscript for publication implies that the authors grant Sapiens in Health Sciences (SHS) the right of first publication, as well as a non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, worldwide license to edit, reproduce, communicate, distribute, archive, and disseminate the accepted content through the various media and platforms used by the journal.

This authorization includes texts, tables, figures, images, graphs, datasets, supplementary materials, and any other components that form part of the scientific publication.

Self-Archiving and Dissemination of Articles

Sapiens in Health Sciences actively promotes the circulation, visibility, and dissemination of scientific knowledge.

Authors may deposit, share, and disseminate their work through:

  • Institutional repositories.
  • Subject-specific or disciplinary repositories.
  • Academic and scientific platforms.
  • Research networking platforms.
  • Personal or institutional websites.

The journal permits the deposit and dissemination of:

  • Preprint versions, in accordance with the journal’s editorial policies.
  • Accepted manuscripts (postprints).
  • The final published version of record.

In all cases, the complete citation of the original publication must be maintained, including, where applicable, the permanent Digital Object Identifier (DOI) assigned to the article.

Persistent Identification and Citation

All articles published in Sapiens in Health Sciences are assigned a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), ensuring their permanent identification, discoverability, citation, and retrieval within the international scholarly communication ecosystem.

Authors are encouraged to use the official DOI of the publication in any dissemination, citation, or repository deposit process.

Open Science and Responsible Reuse

In accordance with the principles of Open Science, the journal encourages the responsible reuse of published scientific content and supports the sharing of research data, supplementary materials, protocols, instruments, and other scholarly resources whenever feasible and ethically appropriate.

Such practices contribute to the transparency, reproducibility, verifiability, and overall integrity of scientific research.

Final Statement

Publication in Sapiens in Health Sciences (SHS) implies acceptance of this Copyright and Licensing Policy.

The journal remains committed to the open dissemination of scientific knowledge, the recognition of intellectual authorship, and the advancement of accessible, transparent, and internationally visible scholarly communication.