Open Access Publishing Policy.
Susruta Publishing House is dedicated to making peer-reviewed research in traditional medicine, clinical osteology, and integrative sciences freely and permanently discoverable worldwide under transparent Creative Commons licensing frameworks.
"Democratizing access to scientific and classical medical literature bridges historical knowledge with contemporary global health systems."
At Susruta Publishing House, our Open Access (OA) philosophy is grounded in the belief that barrier-free access to high-caliber medical scholarship fosters global collaboration, accelerates clinical discovery, and supports university researchers across both developed and developing regions.
We offer authors and funding institutions flexible Gold Open Access publication options for complete academic books, research monographs, and contributed book chapters. All Open Access publications undergo the identical double-blind peer review and professional eBook composition processes as traditional volumes.
Open Access Commitments
- ✦ Immediate Full-Text Access: Free, permanent digital availability on our official portal from day one.
- ✦ Author Copyright Retention: Authors retain underlying copyright under standard Creative Commons licenses.
- ✦ Unrestricted Archiving: Authors may freely deposit published editions into university and national repositories.
- ✦ High Discoverability: Automatic indexing and metadata syndication to open-access academic catalogs worldwide.
Open Access Options & Frameworks
We provide multiple flexible publication routes to accommodate institutional grants, university mandates, and author preferences.
Gold Open Access Monographs
Entire Volume Barrier-FreeThe complete eBook monograph or textbook is made freely accessible to global readers upon publication. Funded through institutional grants or research allocations.
Hybrid Open Access Chapters
Selected Contributed ChaptersWithin an edited compendium, individual authors can choose to make their specific chapter Open Access, enabling immediate institutional compliance and wider citation reach.
Green Open Access (Self-Archiving)
Institutional Repository SharingAuthors of standard titles may deposit their peer-reviewed, accepted manuscript into university digital repositories following standard post-publication embargo periods.
Creative Commons Licensing (CC BY)
All Open Access titles published by Susruta Publishing House are released under Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) or Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) licenses.
Under these licenses, readers are free to share, copy, distribute, and adapt the material in any medium, provided appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and Susruta Publishing House as the original publisher.
Author Rights Retention
Authors retain full ownership of their intellectual property. You grant Susruta Publishing House a non-exclusive license to publish, archive, and digitally syndicate the Version of Record globally.