Health Science Monitor (Health Sci. Monit.) is an international, multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed, and open-access journal published quarterly by Urmia University of Medical Sciences (UMSU). As the official publication of the School of Public Health, HSM is dedicated to advancing best practices in public health and translating scientific evidence into action.
The journal adopts a holistic approach to population health, covering determinants ranging from environmental factors and disease vectors to health systems and policy. We welcome a diverse range of submission types, including original research, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, short communication, study protocols, editorials, and letters to the editor. Our priority is to publish work that provides actionable insights for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners aiming to enhance health equity and community well-being globally. HSM welcomes high-quality submissions that clearly demonstrate a direct and substantial relevance to public health in areas including, but not limited to:
1. Biostatistics and Applied Epidemiology: disease surveillance, outbreak investigations, risk factor analysis, advanced statistical modeling, global health patterns, and the etiology of both communicable and non-communicable diseases.
2. Health Promotion, Protection, and Disease Control: behavioral interventions, community health education, population-level mental health, communicable disease control, medical entomology and vector management, immunization strategies, infection prevention in healthcare settings, and public health preparedness.
3. Environmental and Occupational Health: environmental pollution, environmental toxicology, climate change impacts, waste management, workplace hazards, occupational diseases, employee safety and hygiene, injury prevention strategies, and sustainable environmental health policies.
4. Health Policy, Management, and Economics: health services administration; health financing and payment systems; economic evaluation and health technology assessment; health insurance and risk pooling; health system performance and efficiency; health equity and access; priority setting and resource allocation; pharmacoeconomics; health informatics; disaster and emergency management; and health policy analysis.
5. Public Health Nutrition and Food Safety: nutritional epidemiology, community nutrition interventions, food toxicology, foodborne illness prevention, food security, public health dietary guidelines, management of malnutrition and obesity, and food policy regulation.
Important Note on Scope (What We Generally Do Not Publish):
To maintain our focused identity and ensure the highest relevance to public health, Health Science Monitor generally does not consider articles that fall into the following categories, unless they have a clear, direct, and significant population-level public health implication that is the central focus of the study:
The journal adopts a holistic approach to population health, covering determinants ranging from environmental factors and disease vectors to health systems and policy. We welcome a diverse range of submission types, including original research, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, short communication, study protocols, editorials, and letters to the editor. Our priority is to publish work that provides actionable insights for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners aiming to enhance health equity and community well-being globally. HSM welcomes high-quality submissions that clearly demonstrate a direct and substantial relevance to public health in areas including, but not limited to:
1. Biostatistics and Applied Epidemiology: disease surveillance, outbreak investigations, risk factor analysis, advanced statistical modeling, global health patterns, and the etiology of both communicable and non-communicable diseases.
2. Health Promotion, Protection, and Disease Control: behavioral interventions, community health education, population-level mental health, communicable disease control, medical entomology and vector management, immunization strategies, infection prevention in healthcare settings, and public health preparedness.
3. Environmental and Occupational Health: environmental pollution, environmental toxicology, climate change impacts, waste management, workplace hazards, occupational diseases, employee safety and hygiene, injury prevention strategies, and sustainable environmental health policies.
4. Health Policy, Management, and Economics: health services administration; health financing and payment systems; economic evaluation and health technology assessment; health insurance and risk pooling; health system performance and efficiency; health equity and access; priority setting and resource allocation; pharmacoeconomics; health informatics; disaster and emergency management; and health policy analysis.
5. Public Health Nutrition and Food Safety: nutritional epidemiology, community nutrition interventions, food toxicology, foodborne illness prevention, food security, public health dietary guidelines, management of malnutrition and obesity, and food policy regulation.
Important Note on Scope (What We Generally Do Not Publish):
To maintain our focused identity and ensure the highest relevance to public health, Health Science Monitor generally does not consider articles that fall into the following categories, unless they have a clear, direct, and significant population-level public health implication that is the central focus of the study:
- Purely Clinical Studies: This includes individual patient case reports, medical entomology, studies focused solely on clinical diagnosis, specific patient treatments, individual patient management, or clinical outcomes in hospital cohorts without broader epidemiological or public health intervention relevance.
- Basic Science / Preclinical Research: This encompasses fundamental laboratory research (e.g., cellular, molecular, genetic mechanisms without clear population translation), animal model studies, or in-vitro efficacy tests of compounds.
- Highly Specialized Medical Technology / Engineering / Informatics: Papers focused primarily on the technical development, performance, or optimization of medical devices, imaging techniques, or highly specific clinical data systems without a direct public health application or population-level impact.
- General Education Research or Individual Psychology: Studies on pedagogical methods in general education, or individual-level psychological phenomena (e.g., personal counseling effectiveness, marital satisfaction, career attitudes) that lack a clear link to public health interventions, population-level mental health, or public health policy.
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