International Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences

Open Access Policy

International Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences

Open Access Statement
The International Journal of Cardiology [IJC] is a peer-reviewed, hybrid open access journal operating primarily as an open access journal. All open access articles published in IJC are made immediately and permanently available online free of charge to all readers worldwide without any subscription barrier. Our open access policy is aligned with the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative [BOAI].

We believe that unrestricted access to cardiovascular research accelerates scientific discovery, enhances clinical knowledge exchange, and improves patient care outcomes globally.

Licensing and Copyright

All open access articles published in IJC are published under the Creative Commons Attribution License [CC BY 4.0]. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Authors retain the copyright of their work and grant the journal the right of first publication. Authors are free to share, disseminate, and reuse their work in accordance with the CC BY 4.0 license.

License details: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Access and Availability

1. All open access articles are freely available on the official journal website at https://internationalscholarsjournals.org immediately upon publication.
2. No subscription, registration, or payment is required to access, read, and download open access articles.
3. All articles are assigned a Digital Object Identifier [DOI] with prefix 10.5858/ijc for permanent discoverability and citability.

Article Processing Charge [APC]

To sustain open access publishing, an Article Processing Charge applies to accepted open access articles. The publication charge for this journal is 500 USD. This fee covers editorial handling, peer review management, plagiarism screening via iThenticate / Crossref Similarity Check, DOI assignment, copyediting, typesetting, online hosting, and long-term archiving.

The APC is only payable after a manuscript has been accepted following peer review. There are no charges for manuscript submission or peer review.

APC Discount Policy

The journal offers a partial discount on the APC for authors who demonstrate verifiable financial need, based on World Bank country income classification or limited institutional funding. Requests for discount must be made at the time of submission. Please note that we do not offer full waivers. A minimum administrative charge applies to all open access articles.

Self-Archiving and Repository Policy

Authors are permitted to self-archive all versions of their article in accordance with our policy:

• Preprint: Authors may deposit the preprint version in any repository at any time.
• Accepted Manuscript: Authors may deposit the accepted manuscript in their institutional repository and non-commercial repositories immediately upon publication with full citation and link to the published version.
• Published Version: Authors may deposit the final published PDF in open repositories under the CC BY 4.0 license.

Long-Term Archiving

IJC is committed to the long-term preservation of its scholarly content. All articles are archived through Crossref and preserved in our publisher's digital archive with CLOCKSS and LOCKSS compliant systems to ensure permanent availability.

Publication Ethics

All open access articles published in IJC undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review by at least two independent experts. The journal strictly follows the COPE Core Practices and the ICMJE Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals to maintain editorial integrity, transparency, and ethical standards.

Contact for Open Access Queries

For questions regarding our Open Access Policy, licensing, or APCs, please contact:

Editorial Office: [email protected]