The Healthcare Quality Professionals Journal (HQPJ) follows an Open Access publishing model intended to support the broad dissemination, accessibility, visibility, and responsible reuse of scholarly research in healthcare quality, patient safety, clinical governance, healthcare management, quality improvement, and related fields.
Published articles are made available online for readers without conventional subscription barriers. HQPJ seeks to enable researchers, healthcare professionals, students, policymakers, educators, institutions, and the wider scholarly community to access and use published research while respecting appropriate attribution, copyright, licensing, privacy, and ethical requirements.
Open Access Principles
Free Reader Access
Readers may access available published articles online without conventional subscription charges.
Global Availability
Published research can be accessed by eligible readers internationally through the journal’s online platform.
Knowledge Sharing
Open availability helps research reach healthcare professionals, academics, policymakers, and institutions.
Responsible Reuse
Published content may be shared and reused according to Creative Commons licensing conditions.
- Read, browse, and download full-text articles online without paywalls.
- Access current issues, previous archives, and research papers.
- Use published research in academic literature, education, and clinical practice.
- Share official article links with colleagues and scholarly communities.
Current APC: ₹0
The Open Access model of Healthcare Quality Professionals Journal does not currently require authors to pay an Article Processing Charge. No publication fees are payable by authors for submitting or publishing accepted manuscripts.
Copyright & Creative Commons Licensing
Authors retain copyright in their original scholarly work while granting Healthcare Quality Professionals Journal the right of first publication. Published content is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Share
Copy and redistribute licensed material in any medium or format.
Adapt
Remix, transform, translate, or build upon the material for any purpose.
Redistribute
Distribute content via educational, institutional, or scholarly channels.
Build Upon
Create derivative works while respecting attribution and licensing terms.
- Credit original authors and identify the original publication.
- Acknowledge Healthcare Quality Professionals Journal.
- Identify the applicable CC BY 4.0 license and link to the source.
- Indicate modifications where relevant and avoid false endorsements.
- Share published articles with colleagues and use work for teaching.
- Include research in presentations, academic profiles, and future papers.
- Deposit published articles in institutional or subject repositories.
- Archive full-text copies while retaining original source attribution.
Open Access Policy Summary
| Policy Element | HQPJ Policy Details |
|---|---|
| Access Model | Open Access (Free online availability) |
| Reader Subscription | No conventional paid subscription required |
| Article Processing Charge (APC) | ₹0 (No submission or publication charges) |
| Copyright | Retained by authors |
| Licensing | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) |
| Sharing & Adaptation | Permitted subject to appropriate attribution and licensing terms |
Third-Party Material
Third-party figures, images, scales, or datasets may have separate copyright restrictions. Users should verify credit lines before reuse.
Research Data Privacy
Open Access to articles does not require unrestricted release of confidential patient data, consent-restricted records, or proprietary datasets.
Clinical Use Notice
Open availability of research does not replace clinical judgment or institutional policies. Evidence should be evaluated in context.
Articles published by Healthcare Quality Professionals Journal (HQPJ) are made available through the journal’s Open Access model. Unless otherwise indicated, original journal content is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Readers may access and reuse licensed content subject to proper attribution, identification of the applicable license, acknowledgment of modifications where relevant, and respect for any separate third-party rights, privacy protections, confidentiality requirements, or other applicable restrictions.