Open Access and Copyright Policy

TAIJA – Tatwachintanam: International Journal of Ayurveda, published by Sushruta Ayurveda Publications, Hubli, follows a strict Open Access policy in accordance with the principles outlined by the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).

TAIJA fully supports the DOAJ definition of open access and is committed to making high-quality research freely available to the global academic and clinical community.

 Immediate and Free Access

All articles published in TAIJA are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication, without any subscription fees, paywalls, or registration barriers.

 Usage and Distribution Rights

TAIJA permits users to:

  • Read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full textsof its articles
  • Use the content for any other lawful, non-commercial purposewithout prior permission from the publisher or the author
    provided appropriate citation and credit are given

 License

TAIJA publishes all content under the
Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.

This license permits:

  • Sharing– Copying and redistributing the material in any medium or format
  • Adapting– Remixing, transforming, and building upon the material for non-commercial purposes, with proper attribution and under the same license terms

 CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 License Details

 Author Rights

Authors retain full copyright of their work. By submitting and publishing with TAIJA, authors grant the journal a non-exclusive license to:

  • Publish, archive, and disseminatethe work across all media and platforms
  • Index and distributethe content via national and international repositories

 No Embargo Period

TAIJA does not impose any embargo on access to published content. Articles are openly available from the day of publication.

 Archiving Policy

TAIJA ensures long-term digital preservation and accessibility of its content through:

  • Regular backups
  • Inclusion in institutional repositories

Participation in OAI-compliant and other scholarly digital archives