About

Aims and Scope

"CURRENT HEALTH SCIENCES JOURNAL" is an Open Access journal that aims to provide a highly transparent and valuable body of literature, an essential documentation database, for medical scholars, researchers in the medical and biomedical fields, as well as for the medical practitioner. The journal has an interdisciplinary scope, and publishes novel manuscripts in fields of bio-medical research such as, but not limited to, pathology, laboratory medicine, internal medicine, imaging, surgery, dentistry, pharmacology.
The following types of articles are accepted:

• Original papers, which contain results of original clinical or experimental studies;
• Review articles, preferably systematic;
• Meta-analyses
• Case reports, presenting some rare and particular cases;
• Editorials and letters.

All manuscripts are subject of peer review by at least two experts in the field.

Current Health Sciences Journal (printed edition ISSN: 2067-0656, electronic edition ISSN:  2069-4032, website: www.chsjournal.org) is the Official Journal of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania and is published by the Medical University Publishing House Craiova.
Current Health Sciences Journal appears four times per year, entirely in English.

The publishing track of the journal started in 2009, and continued as:
- "Annals of the University of Craiova - Medical Sciences" (1976-1998) and
- "Craiova Medicala" (Medical Craiova) journal (1998-2008, ISSN 1454-6876), with almost the same Editorial Board and high scientific personalities as reviewers.

The University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova (UMF Craiova) is one of the most important Romanian medical education centers, focused on research, teaching and diagnostic activities: https://www.umfcv.ro/en/about-us/information

Equipped with cutting edge diagnostic and research facilities and equipment, and based on the activity of dedicated research centers, UMF Craiova is actively engaged in international collaborations with educational and research institutions from various countries: https://www.umfcv.ro/en/research

Peer review process

The peer review process starts once a paper is submitted through the electronic platform of the journal: https://www.chsjournal.org/my-account/.

After submission, the paper is first formally checked for content, ethical statements, and format by one of the editors, and if it meets the criteria for submission, it is next sent for double-blind evaluation by independent experts in the respective fields. Processing of the initial article takes usually 1-2 weeks.

Reviewers are selected from, but not limited to, our International Scientific Board and Advisory Editorial Board. After the submission process, the corresponding author is also invited to suggest two experts in the research area of the paper, as reviewers, with full names, postal and e-mail addresses; however, the final selection of the reviewers depends entirely on the decision of the Editors. The editorial team also ensures that a reviewer cannot be an author or a person who has been acknowledged in the respective manuscript. The reviewers may approve the manuscript for publication in the current form, may request additional data/experiments to be included, or may reject the manuscript; in the latter case, detailed observations will be delivered to the corresponding author. Once the peer-review report is received, the assigned editor will forward the response to the authors, who will be advised to either update their manuscript with a revised version and a cover letter explaining the modifications, or to search for a more suitable journal in their respective area of interest. The review process leading to a first decision typically varies between 1 to 3 months.

CHSJ is published quarterly, both in print and as an electronic journal, and a subscription is required for receiving the printed copies of the journal (any applicable shipping costs are not included): https://www.chsjournal.org/printed-version/.

Average time from submission to publication is between 3-6 months.

At Current Health Sciences Journal, the average rejection rate through the review process is over 70%.

Journal statistics

* citations after Scopus CiteScore Journal metrics.

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