Open Access Principle

The journal supports the principle that scholarly knowledge should be made widely accessible and reusable for research, education, professional practice, community development, and other lawful purposes.

Readers may access the full text of published articles immediately upon publication. The journal does not apply any subscription, paywall, or embargo period to its published content.

Access and Reuse

Subject to the terms of the applicable Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0), users may:

Budapest Open Access Initiative

The journal's open-access approach is consistent with the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI), which promotes free availability of scholarly literature on the public internet and encourages broad lawful use of research without financial or unnecessary technical barriers.

Salus Publica: Journal of Community Service supports the dissemination of peer-reviewed scholarly knowledge through immediate open access and encourages responsible sharing and reuse in accordance with the journal's licensing policy.

Access Model

Open Access and Licensing

Open access determines how readers may access journal content, while the Creative Commons license determines the conditions under which published material may be reused.

Detailed provisions concerning copyright ownership, licensing, author publishing rights, and repository deposit are provided separately in the journal's Copyright, Licensing, and Self-Archiving Policy.

By providing immediate open access to scholarly content, Salus Publica: Journal of Community Service supports the widest possible dissemination of research, practice, and innovation that can contribute to community development and sustainable social impact.