Open Access Policy

From its foundation (2011) to the present day, Revista de Comunicación y Salud has been an open access journal. All content is made freely and permanently available online, immediately upon publication, without embargo and without requiring users to register to read. Articles are published under an open licence that clearly states the terms of use, distribution and reuse. The journal is committed to the principles of open access and adheres to the Berlín Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities, reaffirming its commitment to the free dissemination of scientific knowledge.

In this way, Revista de Comunicación y Salud presents its open access statement in compliance with DOAJ’s definition of open access (Guide to Applying and What does DOAJ define as Open Access?).

Creative Commons License History

Since its establishment in 2011, Revista de Comunicación y Salud has published its content on an open-access basis under Creative Commons licenses. Throughout its history, the journal has updated the terms governing the reuse of its content in line with the development of its editorial policies and its commitment to open science.

The licence applicable to each article is determined by its publication period, according to the following licensing history:

  • 2011–2019: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA).

  • 2020–2022: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC).

  • 2023–2026: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA).

Beginning with the 2027 volume, Revista de Comunicación y Salud will adopt the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license. This licence allows users to share, copy, redistribute, remix, transform, adapt and build upon the content for any purpose, including commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given, a link to the licence is provided and any changes made to the original material are clearly indicated.

The adoption of CC BY strengthens the journal’s commitment to the principles of open access and promotes the widest possible dissemination, reuse and impact of research outputs by establishing attribution as the fundamental requirement for the reuse of published content.

Changes to the journal’s licensing policy do not apply retroactively. Each article remains subject to the Creative Commons licence applicable at the time of its publication, unless a different licence is expressly stated in the article itself.

Copyright and Reuse Conditions

Since 2023, authors retain the copyright to their works and grant Revista de Comunicación y Salud the non-exclusive right of first publication. Information regarding the copyright arrangements applicable to earlier publications is set out in the journal’s Copyright Policy.

Content may be shared, distributed, reused and adapted in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons licence applicable to each article based on its year of publication.

In all cases, appropriate credit must be given to the authors and the original source, a link to the applicable licence must be provided and, where relevant, any changes made to the original work must be indicated.

Additional conditions concerning commercial use or the distribution of derivative or adapted works will depend on the specific Creative Commons licence under which each article was published, in accordance with the Creative Commons licensing history set out above.

Statement on the Use of the Interoperability Protocol

The journal has incorporated the interoperability protocol. The OAI-PMH protocol (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting), for which you can access the URL: https://www.revistadecomunicacionysalud.es/index.php/rcys/oai, to search for your data record. OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative - Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) is a protocol used for the transmission of metadata on the Internet.