Aims and Scope

Aims and Scope

International Journal of Health Policy and Management (IJHPM), is an English language, peer-reviewed, academic multidisciplinary journal. It aims to offer a forum for publishing high quality research presenting latest scientific knowledge and state-of-the-art practices and original ideas, for a wide audience from diverse disciplines. The intention is to maintain a balance between theory and practice, from a variety of disciplines.

IJHPM publishes contributions from a wide range of disciplines including health policy, management, economics; health policy analysis; health policy ethics; politics of health; epidemiology; public health; social and public policy; and philosophy of health.

 IJHPM specific objectives are to:

  • Attract high quality original articles, systematic reviews, perspectives, policy briefs, book reviews, short communications, commentaries, hypotheses and letters to editor on topics relevant to health system
  • Ensure papers reflect a broad range of disciplines, methodologies and topics
  • Provide a fair and high quality peer-review process
  • Ensure a wide geographical coverage of papers with a special focus on low and middle income countries
  • Ensure papers provide a trustable resource of information for the journal audience