Open Access Statement
Open Access Policy
HERU: Health Empowerment and Research Universe is an open-access journal committed to providing immediate and unrestricted access to scholarly research in health sciences.
Our Open Access Commitment
All articles published in HERU are freely available to readers immediately upon publication without subscription fees, access restrictions, or paywalls.
HERU believes that unrestricted access to scientific knowledge promotes wider dissemination of research, strengthens academic collaboration, and supports the advancement of health sciences and community well-being.
Open Access Principles
Published articles are available to readers immediately after publication.
Readers are not required to pay subscription fees to access published articles.
Research published in HERU can be accessed by researchers, professionals, students, and communities worldwide.
Open access supports wider distribution and visibility of scientific research.
Open access increases the opportunity for published research to be discovered, read, used, and cited.
Accessible scientific knowledge can support evidence-based health practices and community empowerment.
Reader Rights
Subject to the applicable Creative Commons license, readers may:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Articles published in HERU are intended to be distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), unless otherwise stated.
This license permits sharing and adaptation of published materials provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and source.
Author Rights
Authors retain copyright in their published works and grant HERU the right of first publication and the right to disseminate the published article through the journal platform and scholarly indexing services.
Authors may also share and archive their published works in accordance with the journal's copyright and licensing policy.
