Bharati Darpan – Multidisciplinary International Journal of Humanities, Social Sciences and Science follows an open-access publishing policy to ensure that scholarly research is freely and immediately available to readers worldwide.
The journal believes that unrestricted access to academic knowledge promotes wider dissemination, greater visibility, increased research impact, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the advancement of education and society.
All articles published in the journal are made freely available online immediately after publication.
The journal does not impose:
Subscription charges;
Paywalls;
Mandatory reader registration;
Delayed access periods;
Institutional access restrictions.
Readers may access published articles from anywhere without paying any fee.
Subject to the journal’s copyright and licensing conditions, readers may:
Read published articles;
Download articles;
Print copies for academic and personal use;
Share article links;
Use published research for teaching and learning;
Cite and discuss published findings;
Include properly acknowledged content in academic work.
All uses of published material must provide appropriate credit to the original author and journal.
Authors retain appropriate rights over their published work in accordance with the journal’s Copyright and Licensing Policy.
Authors may use their published articles for:
Academic teaching;
Research presentations;
Institutional reporting;
Personal academic websites;
Author profiles;
Institutional repositories;
Non-commercial scholarly communication.
Authors must preserve the accuracy of the published record and provide full citation details when sharing or reusing their articles.
The copyright and licensing conditions applicable to an article will be stated on the published article or journal website.
Reuse, reproduction, distribution, translation, or adaptation of published content must comply with the applicable licence and include:
The name of the author or authors;
The complete article title;
The journal title;
Volume, issue, and publication year;
DOI or permanent article link, where available;
A clear indication of any changes made.
Open access does not permit plagiarism, false attribution, misleading alteration, or unauthorised commercial exploitation.
The journal currently follows a no-fee publication model.
Article Processing Charge: ₹0
Authors are not required to pay fees for:
Manuscript submission;
Editorial screening;
Peer review;
Article acceptance;
Standard online publication;
Open-access availability.
The absence of publication charges does not affect editorial or peer-review decisions.
Authors may deposit the published version of their article in:
Institutional repositories;
Subject repositories;
University or college websites;
Researcher profile platforms;
Personal academic websites;
Non-commercial scholarly archives.
The deposited version should contain complete publication details and a link to the official journal version where available.
The journal does not ordinarily impose an embargo period on access to published articles.
Articles are available for reading and lawful scholarly use immediately after publication.
Some articles may contain photographs, illustrations, questionnaires, datasets, maps, tables, or other material owned by third parties.
Such material may not automatically be covered by the journal’s general open-access terms. Users must review the relevant credit line and obtain permission from the copyright holder where required.
Authors are responsible for obtaining permission before submitting copyrighted third-party material for publication.
Open-access content must be used responsibly.
Users must not:
Present another author’s work as their own;
Remove author or publication information;
Misrepresent research findings;
Alter content in a misleading manner;
Use published material unlawfully;
Violate applicable copyright or licensing conditions.
Proper citation is required whenever journal content is used.
Published articles and metadata may be used for legitimate academic indexing, discovery, citation analysis, text and data mining, and non-commercial research purposes, subject to applicable technical, legal, and licensing requirements.
Automated access must not disrupt the journal’s website or compromise data security.
Published articles form part of the permanent scholarly record.
The journal will not normally remove published content. Where serious factual, ethical, legal, or research-integrity concerns arise, the journal may issue:
A correction;
An amendment;
An expression of concern;
A retraction notice;
A withdrawal notice in exceptional circumstances.
Any such action will be handled transparently in accordance with the journal’s publication policies.
The journal recognises the importance of preserving published research for long-term access.
Reasonable measures are taken to maintain digital copies, publication metadata, issue records, and stable access to published articles.
The journal may revise this Open Access Policy to reflect developments in publishing standards, licensing practices, legal requirements, or journal operations.
Any updated policy will be displayed on the journal website and will apply from its stated effective date.