Open Access Policy
1. Open Access Statement
- Journal of Sports, Health and Physical Education (JOSH-PE) is an Open Access journal, which means that all articles are freely available online immediately upon publication. Readers may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles without any financial, legal, or technical barriers.
2. Licensing
- All published articles in Journal of Sports, Health and Physical Education (JOSH-PE) are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0). This license allows 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 to the original author(s) and source.
3. Copyright
- Authors retain the copyright of their work. Upon acceptance, authors grant Journal of Sports, Health and Physical Education (JOSH-PE) the right to publish and distribute the article.
4. Article Processing Charges (APCs)
- Paid Model: To support the cost of editorial work, peer review, online hosting, authors are required to pay an Article Processing Charge (APC) of ₹500 upon acceptance.
5. Ethical Publishing
- The journal follows the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines to ensure ethical publishing practices. Peer review is Single/double-blind and editorial decisions are made independently.