Open Access and Licensing Policy

Digital Healthcare Innovation and Technologies (DHIT) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal committed to the free and unrestricted dissemination of scientific knowledge in digital health. All published articles are made immediately available online without embargo, financial barriers, or access limitations. DHIT does not require any fees from authors or readers; no submission charges, review fees, or article processing charges (APCs) are applied at any stage of publication.

Open Access Principles

DHIT adopts an open-access publishing model to enhance the visibility, reach, and impact of scholarly work. By removing paywalls and subscription obstacles, the journal aims to support:
Free global access to scientific research
Unrestricted non-commercial use of published content
Transparency and accessibility in scientific communication
Broad dissemination of knowledge in digital health technologies and innovations
All published content is available online to anyone with an internet connection, promoting equitable access to scientific information.

Licensing Policy (CC BY-NC 4.0)

All articles published in DHIT are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).
Permitted actions under this license:
Readers and users are allowed to share, copy, distribute, reproduce, adapt, transform, and build upon the published material for any lawful non-commercial purpose.
Users must provide appropriate credit to the author(s) and the journal, include a link to the CC BY-NC 4.0 license, indicate whether any changes were made, and ensure that no commercial use is carried out without explicit permission from the copyright holder; any form of commercial reuse—including, but not limited to, commercial publishing, product development, or commercial data mining—requires prior written approval from the authors.
Commercial reuse—including but not limited to commercial publishing, product development, or commercial data mining—requires written approval from the authors.

Copyright and Author Rights

Authors retain full copyright of their work.
Upon publication, authors grant DHIT a non-exclusive license to:
Publish, store, and distribute the article
Archive the article in digital repositories
Make the article publicly available under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license
Authors are encouraged to share pre-prints, post-prints, and published versions of their articles on personal websites, institutional repositories, or academic platforms, provided that the published version is properly cited and no commercial use occurs.

Last Update Time: 11/25/25

35593   The published articles in DHIT are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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