Open Access Policy

Journal of Health Promotion and Behavior is an open-access journal committed to the dissemination of high-quality research to the global scientific community without restriction. All articles published in the journal are freely accessible online immediately upon publication and are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. To support open access publishing, the journal charges a one-time Article Processing Charge (APC) of USD 100 upon acceptance of a manuscript. There are no submission fees or additional charges for article length, number of figures, or supplementary materials. Authors incur no costs if a manuscript is rejected, whether before or after peer review. This policy ensures transparency and supports the journal’s mission to make scientific knowledge widely accessible.