About the Journal

Integrative Health and Sciences is an open-access scientific journal dedicated to the publication of original research, reviews, and academic studies in the field of health sciences from an integrative perspective. Its objective is to promote the generation and dissemination of scientific knowledge that articulates diverse disciplines to understand health and disease processes in a comprehensive manner.

The journal fosters the integration of medicine, psychology, nursing, nutrition, and health technology, including the use of artificial intelligence, digital health, and the ethical analysis of their application in healthcare contexts, with the aim of contributing to the strengthening of more efficient, humanized, and evidence-based health systems.

Likewise, Integrative Health and Sciences prioritizes research addressing contemporary issues, including mental health, chronic diseases, technological innovation in health, and scientifically supported complementary therapeutic approaches.

TECHNICAL SCOPE

The journal adopts international standards of editorial quality, double-blind peer review, and ethical principles aligned with the Committee on Publication Ethics, ensuring scientific rigor and transparency in its publication processes.

Integrative Health and Sciences publishes research in the field of health sciences from an integrative approach, oriented toward the multidimensional understanding of health and disease processes.

The journal accepts contributions in:

  1. Clinical and Biomedical Sciences
  • Clinical and applied medicine
  • Medical specialties
  • Diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis
  • Acute and chronic diseases
  • Evidence-based medicine

 

  1. Nursing and Comprehensive Care
  • Clinical and community nursing
  • Patient-centered care
  • Patient safety
  • Care management

 

  1. Public and Global Health
  • Public health and epidemiology
  • Health promotion and disease prevention
  • Social determinants of health
  • Health systems, management, and policy
  • Global health

 

  1. Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences
  • Psychiatry and mental health
  • Clinical and health psychology
  • Neurosciences
  • Well-being and quality of life

 

  1. Nutrition and Metabolism
  • Clinical and community nutrition
  • Metabolic diseases
  • Obesity and lifestyle
  • Diet and health

 

  1. Innovation and Health Technologies
  • Artificial intelligence applied to health
  • Big Data and health analytics
  • Digital health, eHealth, and telemedicine
  • Health technologies and medical devices

 

  1. Bioethics and Health Technology Assessment
  • Bioethics and clinical ethics
  • Health technology assessment (HTA)
  • Regulation and technology policy
  • Social impact of innovation

 

  1. Integrative Medicine and Complementary Therapies
  • Evidence-based integrative medicine
  • Complementary therapies supported by scientific evidence
  • Holistic approaches to health

Original articles, systematic reviews, narrative reviews, and academic studies that contribute to scientific development in the health field are accepted.

Open access and no-fee policy

Integrative Health and Sciences adopts an open-access model, ensuring free, immediate, and unrestricted access to all published content.

The journal does not charge submission, review, processing, or publication fees (APC), reaffirming its commitment to the democratization of scientific knowledge, academic equity, and the elimination of economic barriers for authors and readers.

Publication frequency

The journal adopts an annual periodicity, structured under a continuous publication model. In this scheme, manuscripts are published individually and immediately within the corresponding volume once they have successfully completed the peer review process and the editorial stages of correction, editing, and layout.

The editorial volume opens on January 1 and closes on December 31 of each year, ensuring continuous content updates throughout the annual period. This approach optimizes publication timelines, ensures the timely availability of research results, and strengthens the visibility and impact of articles within the academic community.

The journal maintains permanently open calls, allowing the continuous submission of manuscripts without time restrictions, in accordance with the principles of open access, editorial dynamism, and efficient dissemination of scientific knowledge.

Editorial process and evaluation timelines

The editorial process is managed entirely in electronic format, following principles of quality, transparency, and best editorial practices, and includes the following approximate timelines:

Initial editorial evaluation: between 7 and 15 days, depending on the complexity of the manuscript.
External peer review under double-blind modality: between 20 and 45 days.
Correction, editing, layout, and publication: between 10 and 20 days.

The editorial team strives to maintain a balance between the academic rigor of the review process and efficient editorial management, promoting the timely publication of accepted works.

Promotion and dissemination strategy

The journal develops an academic and digital dissemination strategy aimed at promoting the visibility and impact of published articles through its website, academic networks, digital platforms, institutional repositories, and other scientific communication channels, with the goal of strengthening the circulation of knowledge at both national and international levels.

Editorial management, sustainability, and operating principles

Integrative Health and Sciences is a scientific journal edited and managed by Editorial JOGB S.A.S., the entity responsible for editorial coordination, peer review process management, technological infrastructure, and the digital preservation of published content.

The journal operates under a non-commercial open-access model for authors, ensuring that no fees are charged for submission, evaluation, processing, or publication of manuscripts. This model aims to promote the free dissemination of scientific knowledge, without economic barriers for authors or readers.

Editorial sustainability is based on the institutional management of the publishing house, the academic work of the editorial team and external reviewers, as well as the use of digital editorial management platforms, in accordance with principles of editorial ethics, transparency, academic independence, and international best practices.

Editorial decisions are made autonomously and independently, based exclusively on the scientific quality, originality, thematic relevance, and methodological rigor of the manuscripts, without influence from economic, institutional, or commercial interests.