Journal of Applied Health Sciences (JAHS)

Aims

The Journal of Applied Health Sciences (JAHS) aims to advance high-quality, peer-reviewed scientific knowledge across the full range of applied health sciences, with a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary, evidence-based, and practice-oriented research. The journal seeks to:

  1. Promote scientific excellence in public health, clinical practice, nursing, environmental and occupational health, and allied health professions.
  2. Strengthen the bridge between research, health policy, and professional practice, particularly in rapidly evolving health systems.
  3. Support innovations in integrative, preventive, and community-based health interventions, including nature-based and forest-based approaches.
  4. Encourage global and regional collaboration, with contributions from diverse health systems, cultural contexts, and research environments.
  5. Disseminate research that improves patient outcomes, health literacy, health workforce competencies, and system resilience.
  6. Provide an open-access scientific platform free of publication fees, enabling equitable dissemination of knowledge.

JAHS is committed to ethical, transparent, and responsible scientific publishing, strictly following COPE, ICMJE, and Scopus best-practice standards.

Scope

JAHS publishes original scientific research, reviews, meta-analyses, case studies, methodological papers, policy analyses, qualitative research, and interdisciplinary contributions in the following key fields:

  1. Public Health, Epidemiology, and Health Promotion
  • Population health research
  • Epidemiological surveillance and disease prevention
  • Health promotion and health literacy
  • Screening programs and early detection
  • Community-based health interventions
  • Climate change and health impacts
  • Environmental epidemiology
  • Health behaviour and risk-factor research
  • Health inequalities, vulnerable populations, and social determinants of health
  • One Health perspectives

 

  1. Nursing Science, Clinical Practice, and Allied Health Professions
  • Evidence-based nursing practice
  • Advanced nursing roles, leadership, and workforce development
  • Patient safety and quality of care (SAFE-ICU, ICU/acute care research included)
  • Clinical decision-making and nursing education
  • Skills training, simulation, and professional competencies
  • Occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech therapy
  • Interprofessional collaboration
  • Rehabilitation, chronic disease management, and palliative care
  • Patient-centered care, communication, and ethics in practice
  1. Environmental Health, Occupational Health, and Health Systems Safety
  • Air, water, and soil health impacts
  • Environmental toxins and human exposure assessment
  • Workplace health risks and occupational diseases
  • Ergonomics and workplace safety
  • Sanitary engineering and environmental protection
  • Risk assessment, crisis management, preparedness, and resilience
  • Climate resilience and adaptation strategies
  • Public health infrastructure and environmental monitoring
  1. Integrative Medicine, Preventive Medicine, and Nature-Based Interventions

A unique focus area of JAHS, aligned with emerging global research trends.

  • Integrative and complementary medicine approaches in public health and clinical settings
  • Forest therapy, forest medicine, and nature-based interventions (NBI)
  • Biophilia, green care, and therapeutic landscapes
  • Health benefits of forest exposure (physiological, psychological, immunological)
  • Nature-based interventions for chronic disease management, mental health, oncology, and rehabilitation
  • Biodiversity–health relationships
  • Kurwald/Heilwald models, green infrastructure for health, health tourism development
  1. Health Systems Research, Policy, and Management
  • Health-policy analysis and evaluation
  • Health system governance and financing
  • Workforce planning and professional regulation
  • Digital health transformation and health informatics
  • Telemedicine, eHealth, mHealth
  • Quality assurance, accreditation, and patient safety systems
  • Emergency preparedness and system resilience
  • International comparisons of health systems
  1. Medical and Clinical Research (Applied Perspective)
  • Applied clinical studies in internal medicine, pediatrics, geriatrics, oncology, and infectious diseases
  • Translational research relevant to practice and public health
  • Diagnostic and prognostic markers
  • Clinical guidelines, pathway analyses, and quality improvement
  • Case reports with strong educational or clinical relevance
  • Ethical considerations and human subject protections
  1. Education, Training, and Professional Development in Health Sciences
  • Competency-based education and training
  • Curriculum development in health sciences
  • Teaching methodologies, simulation, and digital education
  • Continuing professional development (CPD) models
  • Assessment, evaluation, and accreditation
  • Academic integrity and responsible research training (including AI literacy)
  1. Methodological and Interdisciplinary Contributions
  • Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods research
  • Psychometrics, measurement models, and instrument validation
  • Statistics, epidemiological modelling
  • Data science and analytics in health sciences
  • Ethics, philosophy of medicine, and bioethics
  • Science communication and public engagement

Article Types Accepted

  • Original Research Articles
  • Review Articles / Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
  • Short Communications
  • Case Studies / Case Reports
  • Professional and Clinical Practice Papers
  • Qualitative Research
  • Policy Analyses and Commentaries
  • Methodological Papers
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Editorials (invited only)

Target Audience

  • Public health professionals
  • Clinical practitioners
  • Nurses and allied health professionals
  • Researchers and academics
  • Environmental and occupational health specialists
  • Policy makers and health-system leaders
  • Forestry, nature-based intervention, and environmental science researchers
  • Students in applied health sciences
  • Integrative medicine practitioners and researchers

Geographical Scope

JAHS welcomes submissions from all global regions and actively encourages:

  • international authorship
  • cross-national comparisons
  • multicultural and multidisciplinary perspectives

Special emphasis is given to:

  • Europe
  • Asia (Japan, Korea)
  • North & South America (Canada, Chile)
  • Global South contexts
  • Mediterranean and Central European health systems

 

Strategic Positioning (for Scopus)

JAHS positions itself as a multidisciplinary, internationally oriented, open-access journal that integrates:

  • public health
  • clinical and allied health sciences
  • environmental and occupational health
  • integrative and preventive medicine
  • nature-based health interventions
  • health policy and systems research

This makes JAHS uniquely relevant across both biomedical and social science domains — a characteristic highly valued in Scopus assessments.