About the Journal

Focus and Scope

International Journal of Integrated Health Sciences (IJIHS) promotes medical research for clinician and others who treat and investigate health and medical problems.  The Journal’s mission is to publish peer-reviewed original scientific articles and case report relevant to clinical medicine research which include the following fields (but are not limited to):
  • Anesthesiology and Intensive Care
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Cardiology/Cardiovascular
  • Child Health/Pediatrics
  • Clinical Epidemiology
  • Clinical Nursing
  • Clinical Nutrition
  • Clinical Pharmacology & Pharmacy
  • Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry
  • Dentistry
  • Genomic Public Health
  • Internal Medicine
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Oncology
  • Opthalmology
  • Otorhynolaryngology
  • Orthopedics and Traumatology
  • Preventive Medicine
  • Pulmunology
  • Radiology
  • Reproductive Health
  • Surgery

Peer Review Process

First, an editor checks the submitted manuscript to determine whether it suits our focus and scope in one/two weeks. An editorial assistant will check whether the requirements are complete in one/two weeks. Authors will be given two weeks after notification is sent to complete the incomplete requirements. Every submitted manuscript that passes initial screening will be checked to identify any plagiarism before being reviewed by reviewers. 

Every submitted manuscript that passes this step will be reviewed by two or three reviewers (double-blind peer review). At least one of the reviewers will be from another institution or country. This manuscript will be sent to the reviewer anonymously. Reviewers' comments are then sent to the corresponding author to take the necessary actions and responses. The reviewing process will generally take 1-2 months, depending on the sufficiency of the information provided.

The Editor will consider the peer review report when deciding but is not bound by its opinions or recommendations through an editorial board meeting. Concerns raised by one peer reviewer or the Editor alone may result in a manuscript being rejected. Authors will then receive the peer review report based on the editorial decision. The results of the review of peer reviewers include: "manuscripts accepted"; "manuscript received with minor revisions"; "manuscript received with major revisions"; or "manuscript rejected".

The Editor will consider the peer review report when deciding but is not bound by its opinions or recommendations through an editorial board meeting. Concerns raised by one peer reviewer or the Editor alone may result in a manuscript being rejected. The accepted manuscript will be checked by a copyeditor for language editing.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Free access to the full text of all published articles without charge readers or their institutions for access.

  1. This journal has been indexed by CrossRef and all articles have DOI number.
  2. This journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY-NC)
  3. This journal is an open-access with abstracts and articles appearing in hypertext meta-language (HTML) and full articles downloadable for free as Adobe portable document format (PDF) files.

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Journal History

The first and second issues of IJIHS were published annually in 2013 and 2014. Starting in 2015, the journal adopted a biannual publication schedule, releasing issues in March and September. Since 2025, IJIHS has shifted its publication months to April and October and now features 12 articles per issue. The International Journal of Integrated Health Sciences is published by the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia.

IJIHS had online published version starting with Vol. 1 No. 1 with ISSN 2302-1381 of its print version and an online version from 2338-4506 under the policy of BRIN. IJIHS publishes a minimum of eight manuscripts in each publication.

In 2023, IJIHS published ten manuscripts in each issue after only eight in the past.

After discussions with our editors, starting with the 2024 issue, the International Journal of Integrated Health Sciences (IJIHS) will only accept clinical research articles and case reports. We will not accept articles from the basic sciences. We hope this will help clinicians to publish their papers in our journal.