Open Access Policy

The Journal and MediHealth Academy adhere to the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative, which advocates for free access to research literature. Open access is defined as the free availability of academic literature on the internet, allowing users to read, record, copy, print, search, link to the full text, examine it for indexing, and use it for lawful purposes without financial, legal, or technical barriers. Information sharing is considered a public good and is essential for the advancement of science.

As such, all articles published in the Journal are made available for use by researchers and other readers without the need for permission from the author or the publisher, provided that the author and the original source are properly cited. Articles in the Journal are accessible through search engines, websites, blogs, and other digital platforms.

The Journal follows the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license for all articles published. Authors who submit their papers for publication agree to have the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license applied to their work. Under this open access license, authors agree that their work may be copied, distributed, or reused for non-commercial purposes, as long as the original author and source are properly credited. The corresponding author is required to sign the Creative Commons License Agreement once the article has been accepted.

Open Access Statement:

The Journal is an open-access publication, and all content is freely available without charge to the user or their institution. Except for commercial purposes, users are allowed to:

  • Read, download, copy, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in The Journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.

This policy is in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition of open access. All open-access articles in The Journal are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license.

Licensing:

Open access articles are published under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International License, which allows:

  • Sharing, reuse, and adaptation for non-commercial purposes,
  • Provided that the original source is properly cited.

Last Update Time: 1/24/26

TR DİZİN ULAKBİM and International Indexes (1d)

Interuniversity Board (UAK) Equivalency: Article published in Ulakbim TR Index journal [10 POINTS], and Article published in other (excuding 1a, b, c) international indexed journal (1d) [5 POINTS]



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Our journal is in TR-Dizin, DRJI (Directory of Research Journals Indexing, General Impact Factor, Google Scholar, Researchgate, CrossRef (DOI), ROAD, ASOS Index, Turk Medline Index, Eurasian Scientific Journal Index (ESJI), and Turkiye Citation Index.

EBSCO, DOAJ, OAJI and ProQuest Index are in process of evaluation. 

Journal articles are evaluated as "Double-Blind Peer Review"