The ACADEMIA Health Sphere Journal (AHSJ) is committed to ensuring the global accessibility of high-quality research in health sciences, medicine, and public health. In line with open-access principles, all published articles are freely available online—without subscription or access fees—supporting academic equity, public knowledge, and unrestricted dissemination.
To guarantee the long-term preservation and discoverability of published research, AHSJ maintains an active and secure archiving strategy. All articles are archived in:
Institutional repositories (where available)
Subject-specific archives (e.g., medRxiv, PubMed Central, where applicable)
Digital preservation platforms, including:
PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN)
LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe)
CLOCKSS (Controlled LOCKSS)
These systems ensure that all AHSJ content remains permanently accessible, even in the event of system updates, platform migrations, or unexpected service interruptions.
Citation of the original source (AHSJ website) is required when using or sharing archived content.
AHSJ promotes green open access and encourages authors to self-archive their work in compliance with ethical publishing guidelines.
✅ Versions allowed for self-archiving:
Preprint (original version before peer review)
Postprint (final peer-reviewed manuscript before formatting/publication)
Publisher’s PDF (official published version)
✅ Approved archiving locations:
Author’s personal or institutional website
Institutional or subject repositories
Scholarly networks (e.g., ResearchGate, Academia.edu, medRxiv)
No additional permission is required for self-archiving. Authors must provide a full citation and a direct link to the official version on the AHSJ website.
AHSJ follows internationally recognized guidelines and best practices to ensure transparency, integrity, and academic excellence, including:
✅ COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics)
✅ Blind peer review process
✅ Conflict of interest disclosure
✅ Authorship accountability
✅ Research ethics compliance, including IRB approvals where applicable
AHSJ also adheres to the standards set by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan and aligns with best practices established by major international indexing and archiving bodies.
