Open Access Policy

Journal of Knowledge and Health in Medical Basic Sciences is owned by Shahroud University of Medical Sciences. Our philosophy is that all research is for the benefit of humankind, research is the product of an investment by society, and therefore its fruits should be returned to all people without borders or discrimination, serving society universally and in a transparent fashion. That is why we provides online free and open access to all of its research publications. Therefore, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences has supported all the publishing costs, therefore, authors may publish their manuscripts and audiences can download and share the articles, freely.
 Copyright

Under the Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing (June 20, 2003), are fully compliant with open access mandates, by publishing its articles under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license (CC-BY-NC). Authors retain copyright of their work and can deposit their publication in any repository. This means that articles can be freely redistributed and reused by the author and others as long as the article is properly cited. Published articles in JKH can be deposited immediately into an online repository or social network without any cost. JKH articles can be emailed to colleagues, printed, archived in a collection, included in course-packs, and distributed without restrictions. Please read the full Creative Commons license for further information.