Funding

LifeDent Esthetic Clinic is the founding sponsor of the Journal of Digital Health and Advanced Biomaterials (JDHAB) and provides financial and technical support for the journal’s infrastructure, publishing platform, and operational sustainability.

Diamond Open Access Model. JDHAB operates under a diamond open access model, providing immediate and unrestricted access to all published content without subscription fees.

No submission fees. JDHAB does not charge authors any fee for manuscript submission.

No article processing charges (APC). JDHAB does not currently charge publication fees for accepted manuscripts.

Editorial independence. Financial support and sponsorship have no influence on editorial evaluation, peer review, acceptance decisions, publication timing, or editorial policies. All editorial decisions are based exclusively on scientific merit, methodological quality, ethical compliance, and relevance to the journal’s scope.

Equal treatment of authors. Funding support does not provide preferential treatment to any author, institution, sponsor, editor, reviewer, or affiliated organization. All submissions are evaluated according to the same editorial and peer-review standards.

Transparency. Any future change to the journal’s funding structure, sponsorship arrangements, or publication fee model will be publicly communicated through the journal website and reflected in the journal’s official policies.