Copyright and License Agreement

Copyright Policy

Journal of Current Health Sciences (JCHS) is committed to promoting academic freedom and open access. To that end, we apply a copyright policy that empowers authors while ensuring the broad dissemination and responsible reuse of published work.

Authors retain the full copyright of their published manuscripts.
By publishing in JCHS, authors grant the journal the right of first publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0).
This license permits others to:
- Share (copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format),
- Adapt (remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially),
- As long as appropriate credit is given, a link to the license is provided, and derivative works are distributed under the same license.
Authors may:
- Deposit and share the published version of their work in institutional repositories or personal websites.
- Enter into separate, non-exclusive distribution agreements, provided that original publication in JCHS is properly cited.

Licensing and Copyright for Data Publication

To promote transparency, reproducibility, and ethical integrity in research, The Journal of Current Health Sciences adopts the following policies regarding the publication of research data:

Copyright Ownership: Authors retain copyright over the datasets they submit or make available in connection with their articles.
Default License: All data associated with a published manuscript must be shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0), unless otherwise agreed upon with the editor.
Permitted Use: This license allows others to use, modify, and distribute the dataset (including for commercial purposes), provided that attribution is given to the original authors and that derivative works are shared under the same terms.
Repository Requirements: Authors are required to deposit their datasets in recognized open-access repositories (e.g., OSF, Zenodo, Figshare) and include citations and links to the datasets in the article.
Ethical and Legal Responsibility: Authors must ensure:
- The data shared do not breach confidentiality, privacy, or legal agreements.
- Informed consent has been obtained where necessary.
- Data have been properly anonymized where applicable.
Alternate Licenses: In exceptional cases, alternative data licenses (e.g., CC0, Open Data Commons) may be considered upon editorial approval. A written justification must be submitted and published alongside the article.
Corrections or Retractions: If issues related to published data arise (e.g., ethical breaches, significant errors), JCHS reserves the right to take corrective action in accordance with the COPE Retraction Guidelines. Please read our policy about retraction of articles