Aim and Scope
The journal “Science &Healthcare” is intended for specialists in the fields of clinical medicine, public health, and radiation safety. It publishes the results of original research, literature reviews, clinical cases, short communications and conference reports on a wide range of issues related to clinical medicine, public health, organization and management of healthcare and medical education, radiation safety, radiation medicine, and the rehabilitation of those affected by the operation of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site.
The aim is to develop scientific communication in the field of medical knowledge by publishing current achievements in clinical medicine, radiation safety, public health, and higher medical education.
Objectives of the journal:
- To inform the medical scientific community about the results of original research, clinical observations, and literature reviews.
- To discuss current trends in clinical medicine, radiation safety, and healthcare.
- To consider the effectiveness of new methods for examining patients, preventing, and treating diseases.
- To publish reports on conferences covering a wide range of issues related to clinical medicine, radiation safety, and public health.
- To discuss methods for enhancing the effectiveness of medical education.
- To elevate the professional level of researchers, doctors, and educators in medical universities.
- To improve the quality of the journal in accordance with international standards and global citation indexes.
- To enhance the external appeal and accessibility of the journal for authors and readers.
- To ensure the dissemination of published articles within the global scientific community.
- To establish sustainable channels for the distribution of the journal.
Free access policy
According to the Budapest initiative “Free access”, the journal provides free access to the published materials to the extent that free access promotes operative global exchange of knowledge for the benefit of medicine development.
Reviewing
All materials which are planned to be published in the journal “Science and Healthcare” are subject to the double-blind peer review. The reviewer is provided with the copy of manuscript without name of the reader. It means that reviewer does not know the name of the reader. Email exchange between author and reviewer is carried out through the email on the journal website.
Information or ideas, obtained during the reviewing and related to the possible advantages, should be confidential and must not be used for personal benefit.
Reviewers must inform editorial staff about all conflicts of interest which may affect their opinion on the manuscript. They must withdraw from reviewing of the article if they believe it is reasonable.
Periodicity
The journal is issued 6 times per a year.
Liability and responsibilities of the publisher
The publisher is responsible for following current recommendations for publishing work.
The publisher must follow principles and procedures, which make it possible for chief editor, members of editorial board, reviewers and authors to fulfill ethical responsibilities.
Liability and responsibilities of the chief editor and editorial staff of the journal
Chief Editor of the journal “Science and Healthcare” is responsible for decision for publication. Authenticity of the article and its scientific significance is one of the determining factors.
Chief Editor and members of editorial board must assess intellectual content of the manuscript regardless of the race, gender, sexual orientation, religious views, origin, nationality or political opinions of the authors.
Chief Editor and members of editorial board of the journal “Science and Healthcare” are obliged to keep the lid on information of the manuscript accepted. Authors, readers and scientific consultants are the only persons who are eligible to know this information.
Unpublished materials, received from manuscript submitted, can’t be used for personal studies without written consent of the author
Information or ideas, obtained during the reviewing and related to the possible advantages, should be confidential and must not be used for personal benefit.
Members of the editorial board must refuse to consider manuscripts if conflict of interests occurs due to competitive, joint and other interactions and relations with authors, companies and, perhaps, other organization related to the manuscript.