Focus and Scope
Focus and Scope
Journal of Public Health and Pharmacy
Journal Focus
The Journal of Public Health and Pharmacy (JPHP) is an international, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original research articles, review articles, and brief reports addressing important issues in public health and the role of pharmacy in improving population health.
The journal focuses on evidence that advances the understanding of disease patterns, health literacy, health behaviour, environmental and occupational risks, healthcare systems, reproductive health, the economic efficiency of health interventions, and pharmaceutical contributions to public health.
JPHP welcomes methodologically rigorous manuscripts from all countries that provide a clear contribution to public health research, policy, administration, prevention, health education, healthcare delivery, or pharmacy-related public health practice.
Journal Scope
The focus and scope of JPHP include the following areas:
1. Epidemiology
Research on the distribution, frequency, patterns, determinants, risk factors, prevention, and burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases in populations.
Research on the distribution, frequency, patterns, determinants, risk factors, prevention, and burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases in populations.
2. Health Education and Behavioral Science
Health literacy, health education, behavioural and psychosocial determinants, attitudes, perceptions, preventive behaviour, community participation, and evaluation of behaviour-change interventions.
Health literacy, health education, behavioural and psychosocial determinants, attitudes, perceptions, preventive behaviour, community participation, and evaluation of behaviour-change interventions.
3. Environmental Health and Occupational Safety
Environmental exposures, sanitation, pollution, environmental risks, occupational hazards, workplace safety, worker health, risk assessment, and interventions to prevent environmentally and occupationally related diseases and injuries.
Environmental exposures, sanitation, pollution, environmental risks, occupational hazards, workplace safety, worker health, risk assessment, and interventions to prevent environmentally and occupationally related diseases and injuries.
4. Health Administration and Policy
Health system governance, healthcare administration, service delivery, access to care, quality of care, health financing, workforce management, programme implementation, and the formulation and evaluation of health policies.
Health system governance, healthcare administration, service delivery, access to care, quality of care, health financing, workforce management, programme implementation, and the formulation and evaluation of health policies.
5. Reproductive Health
Reproductive and sexual health, maternal health, family planning, adolescent reproductive health, reproductive health services, reproductive rights, preventive interventions, and related public health policies.
Reproductive and sexual health, maternal health, family planning, adolescent reproductive health, reproductive health services, reproductive rights, preventive interventions, and related public health policies.
6. Health Economics and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Economic evaluation of public health and healthcare interventions, including cost-effectiveness, cost-utility, cost-benefit, budget impact, resource allocation, affordability, and economic efficiency.
Economic evaluation of public health and healthcare interventions, including cost-effectiveness, cost-utility, cost-benefit, budget impact, resource allocation, affordability, and economic efficiency.
7. The Role of Pharmacy in Public Health
Pharmaceutical contributions to population health, access to essential medicines, rational medicine use, medication adherence, medication safety, community pharmacy services, pharmaceutical policy, and pharmacist-led public health interventions.
Pharmaceutical contributions to population health, access to essential medicines, rational medicine use, medication adherence, medication safety, community pharmacy services, pharmaceutical policy, and pharmacist-led public health interventions.
Types of Manuscripts
JPHP publishes Original Research Articles, Review Articles. Original Research Articles may apply quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods designs. Review Articles should use transparent and reproducible methods appropriate to the review question. Brief Reports should present concise but scientifically valid findings with clear relevance to the journal's scope.
JPHP publishes Original Research Articles, Review Articles. Original Research Articles may apply quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods designs. Review Articles should use transparent and reproducible methods appropriate to the review question. Brief Reports should present concise but scientifically valid findings with clear relevance to the journal's scope.
Scope Requirement
Every manuscript must demonstrate a clear and substantial relationship with at least one of the journal scope areas listed above. The public health relevance, population-level contribution, policy implication, or practical value of the study must be explicitly presented in the objectives, methods, results, discussion, and conclusions.
Every manuscript must demonstrate a clear and substantial relationship with at least one of the journal scope areas listed above. The public health relevance, population-level contribution, policy implication, or practical value of the study must be explicitly presented in the objectives, methods, results, discussion, and conclusions.
Outside the Journal Scope
JPHP does not consider manuscripts that lack a clear connection to public health or the role of pharmacy in population health. Studies focused exclusively on basic pharmaceutical chemistry, drug formulation, laboratory product development, isolated clinical diagnosis, individual clinical treatment, or pharmaceutical efficacy are outside the journal scope unless they demonstrate a substantial and explicitly evaluated public health contribution. Clinical case reports, community-service reports without a research design, opinion pieces without analytical evidence, and reviews without transparent methods are also not considered.
JPHP does not consider manuscripts that lack a clear connection to public health or the role of pharmacy in population health. Studies focused exclusively on basic pharmaceutical chemistry, drug formulation, laboratory product development, isolated clinical diagnosis, individual clinical treatment, or pharmaceutical efficacy are outside the journal scope unless they demonstrate a substantial and explicitly evaluated public health contribution. Clinical case reports, community-service reports without a research design, opinion pieces without analytical evidence, and reviews without transparent methods are also not considered.
