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The content published in the Pakistan Heart Journal can be accessed immediately, the articles can be read, downloaded, and distributed freely by everyone.

Creative Commons Attribution - CC BY: Allows users to copy and distribute the article, provided that this material can be remixed and transformed for commercial & non-commercial purposes. The user must give appropriate credit (with a link to the formal publication through the relevant DOI). This must be done in a reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests licensor endorsement. The full details of the license are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. This is the most accommodating of licenses offered, recommended for maximum dissemination and use of licensed materials.

Author Rights: The journal uses a non-exclusive licensing agreement. With respect to open access publishing, the authors retain the copyright along with the primary scholarly usage rights. And grants the journal publication and distribution rights. 

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Authors grant the Pakistan Heart Journal a non-exclusive right to publish and distribute the article for both commercial and non-commercial purposes. 

For open access publishing, the authors grant the third party right to use the published article, with identifiable citation and author details.

Authors grant the journal the right to distribute the article in all forms and through all sources, ensuring maximum readability and citations.

As an open access journal with no subscription charges, a fee (Article Publishing Charge, APC) is payable by the author or research funder to cover the costs associated with publication. This ensures your article will be immediately and permanently free to access by everyone. The content is freely accessible to the readers on the journal website.