Smart: Journal of Public Health (SPubHealth) is steadfastly committed to the principles of open scientific exchange. We operate as a fully Open Access journal, driven by the belief that removing paywalls and freely sharing research with the global public accelerates discovery, supports health equity, and fosters a greater international exchange of knowledge.

Unrestricted Access

In strict accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition of open access, all content published in SPubHealth is immediately and freely available without charge to the user or their affiliated institution.

Upon publication, readers are unequivocally permitted to:

• Read, download, and copy the full text of all articles.

• Distribute, print, and search the content.

• Crawl the articles for indexing.

• Pass them as data to software or use them for any other lawful, non-commercial, or commercial purpose.

No Prior Permission Required

Users may exercise these rights without seeking prior permission from the publisher, the editorial board, or the original author(s).

This immediate, unrestricted access is facilitated by the journal's use of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). Users must simply ensure that proper attribution is given to the original author(s) and SPubHealth as the initial venue of publication, and that any derivative works are distributed under the exact same license.