The Global Journal of Multidisciplinary Health Research (GJMHR) is committed to promoting the unrestricted dissemination of scientific knowledge. GJMHR adopts an open access policy following the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). All articles published in GJMHR are made freely available online immediately upon publication, without any subscription fees or access barriers. Readers are granted unlimited use, distribution, and reproduction rights in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Under this policy, authors retain the copyright of their work while granting GJMHR the right of first publication. The CC BY 4.0 license allows third parties to share, copy, redistribute, remix, transform, and build upon the published material, even for commercial purposes, without seeking permission from the author or publisher. However, appropriate credit must be given to the original author(s) and the source, with a link to the CC BY license and an indication of any changes made.

This open-access model ensures maximum visibility, accessibility, and impact of research published in GJMHR. It facilitates the rapid dissemination of knowledge, fosters collaboration, and accelerates scientific progress in multidisciplinary health sciences. By removing barriers to access, GJMHR contributes to a more inclusive and equitable global research ecosystem.

The advantages of open access for authors are:

• Access available to users worldwide at no cost
• Enhanced exposure and audience engagement
• Significant growth in citation and usage
• Promoting greater collaboration across disciplines
• Maximizing efficiency

Authors retain ownership of their work with a Creative Commons license. Authors are free to share their material on personal or institutional websites, repositories, and other similar venues both before and after publication. However, authors must provide full acknowledgment to the published source by giving a citation and linking to the final published piece via the Digital Object Identifier (DOI).