The Global Journal of Dental Specialty (GJDS) is committed to the principle that high-quality scientific research should be freely and immediately accessible to researchers, clinicians, educators, policymakers, and the public worldwide.

All articles published in GJDS are made available as Open Access content without subscription fees or access restrictions, ensuring the broad dissemination of scholarly knowledge and research findings.

Immediate Access

All published articles are freely available online immediately upon publication. Readers may access, read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, and link to the full text of articles without prior permission from the publisher or authors, provided that appropriate attribution is given.

Licensing

Articles published in GJDS are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License.

Under this license, users may:

• Share and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
• Adapt, remix, transform, and build upon the material.
• Use the material for academic, educational, research, and commercial purposes.

Provided that:

• Appropriate credit is given to the author(s) and the journal.
• A link to the license is provided.
• Any modifications made to the original work are clearly indicated.

Author Rights

Authors retain copyright of their published work while granting the journal the right to publish, archive, disseminate, and preserve the article as part of the scholarly record.

Authors are free to:

• Share published articles on personal websites.
• Deposit articles in institutional repositories.
• Archive articles in subject repositories.
• Distribute published work through academic and professional networks.

Accessibility and Knowledge Dissemination

The journal supports the unrestricted exchange of scientific knowledge and encourages the global dissemination of research findings to advance dental sciences, oral healthcare, education, and clinical practice.

Long-Term Preservation

The journal is committed to maintaining the accessibility and integrity of the scholarly record through appropriate digital preservation and archiving practices.

Ethical Commitment

The Open Access publishing model of GJDS operates in accordance with internationally recognized principles of transparency, research integrity, editorial independence, and ethical publishing practices. Editorial decisions are based solely on the scientific merit, originality, and quality of submitted manuscripts and are not influenced by financial considerations.

Compliance with International Standards

GJDS supports the principles of responsible scholarly publishing and seeks to maintain practices consistent with internationally recognized publication ethics, transparency standards, and best practices for academic journals.