Open Access Agreement

Open Access refers to unrestricted online access to research publications along with the unrestricted usage of these publications in this current era of an open education (op-ed) environment.

This term and the concept of “Open Access” was first defined in three statements: the Budapest Open Access Initiative (2002), the Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing (2003), and the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities (2003).

Publishing according to the Open Access model promotes science, education and exchange of knowledge as;

  • Publications are available online without paid subscription
  • Publications are free to be archived, distributed or reused without asking for permission
  • Publications receive higher impact factor as the result of more citations and media sharing  due to higher publicity and higher visibility globally

Copyright License

The AHM journal is published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License, unless otherwise specified. Under this license, authors agree to make articles, including data, graphics, and supplements, legally available for reuse, without permission or fees, for virtually any purpose. Any individual or institution is free to copy, distribute, reproduce, or reuse these publications, as long as the author and original source are properly cited and credited.

Authors Retain Copyright

Authors retain their copyright for all articles published as an Open Access. Authors grant AHM and AIHS an exclusive license to publish the article and the article is made available under the terms of a Creative Commons user license. Please visit our Open Access Publication Process page for more information.

Creative Commons License

Open access articles are freely available to read, download and share from the time of publication under the terms of the Creative Commons License Attribution-NonCommerical No Derivative (CC BY-NC-ND) license. This license does not permit reuse for any commercial purposes nor does it cover the reuse or modification of individual elements of the work in the creation of derivative works without specific permission.

Compliance With Funder Mandated Open Access Policies

An author whose work is funded by an organization that mandates the use of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license is able to meet that requirement through the available open access license for approved funders.