About the Journal

Aims and Scope:  

Diffusion of original and innovative research and development papers pertaining to the pedagogical and scientific development of Heath Sciences in response to human, family and communities needs. Accordingly:

Target Audience:  

Health professionals and Health professions related students and teachers

Types of Manuscripts:  

Submissions will be accepted for "Original Research Papers", "Reviews" and "Letters to the Editor" pertaining to all health sciences domains. Authors must ensure that submissions are original and unique. Therefore multiple or redundant publications are not accepted.

Peer Review Process:  

The journal adopts a double-blind/double-anonymous peer review process using external independent reviewers. Identity of reviewers and review contents will not be disclosed nor otherwise made public. See further details in the Peer Review Policy Page.

Open Access:  

This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access. See Further details in the Open Access Policy Page.

The journal has used this open access definition since its first publication in July 2024.

Publication fees:  

The Journal adopts a totally free publication system with no fees to either the authors or the readers and no publicity is present on the Journal site or in papers.

Copyright and  Licencing:  

Copyright of published papers is assigned to the Journal, but all content is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons Non-comercial 4.0 International License.

Publisher:  

Escola Superior de Saúde Fernando Pessoa
Rua Delfim Maia, 334
4200-253 Porto
Portugal
Phone:+351 225 071 384
Web: https://ess.fernandopessoa.pt/

Owner:  

Fundação Fernando Pessoa
Praça 9 de Abril, 349
4249-004 Porto
Phone:+351 225 071 300
Web:https://www.fundacaofernandopessoa.pt/

ISSN:  

3051-6013

Publishing Schedule:  

Quarterly

Archiving:  

At present archiving is ensured by the Journal Publisher and Owner and by PKP-PN.

Post Publication   Discussion:  


Any discussion on published papers should take the form of a letter to the editor, and publication will be subject to review by the editorial team