Health Science Monitor (Health Sci. Monit.) is an international, multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed, and open-access journal, published quarterly in electronic format by Urmia University of Medical Sciences (UMSU). As the official publication of the School of Public Health, UMSU, Urmia, Iran, HSM is dedicated to advancing global knowledge and best practices in Public Health Science and its practical application.
The journal focuses on population health challenges, prevention strategies, and policy interventions designed to improve the health and well-being of communities and populations worldwide. We prioritize original research, comprehensive reviews, and impactful commentaries that contribute actionable insights for public health professionals, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners across various settings.
HSM welcomes high-quality submissions that clearly demonstrate a direct and substantial relevance to public health in areas including, but not limited to:
- Applied Epidemiology and Biostatistics: Investigating disease patterns, determinants of health, risk factors, surveillance, outbreak investigations, and advanced modeling relevant to population health outcomes for both communicable and non-communicable diseases.
- Health Promotion and Disease Prevention: Research on behavioral interventions, community health programs, health education strategies, mental health at the population level, and lifestyle factors impacting public well-being.
- Health Protection and Communicable Disease Control: Studies on infectious disease epidemiology, immunization strategies, infection control in communities and healthcare systems, and public health preparedness for outbreaks.
- Occupational Health and Safety: Research on workplace hazards, occupational diseases, employee health and well-being, and injury prevention strategies within occupational settings.
- Environmental Health: Impact of environmental factors (e.g., pollution, waste management, climate change) on population health, environmental health policy, and sustainable public health solutions.
- Public Health Systems, Policy, and Economics: Analysis of health services organization, management, access, equity, healthcare financing, public health law and ethics, and disaster preparedness and response at the population or systemic level.
- Nutrition and Food Safety (Public Health Focus): Research on population-level nutritional status, foodborne illness prevention, public health dietary guidelines, and food policy.
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, 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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