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Journal overview

*Please note that Human Fertility converted to a full Open Access journal from Volume 27 (2024). Previous volumes will continue to provide access through a Pay to Read model.

Human Fertility is a leading international, multidisciplinary journal dedicated to furthering research and promoting good practice in the areas of human fertility and infertility. Contributions are welcomed from professionals and academics from the spectrum of disciplines concerned with human fertility. It is published on behalf of the British Fertility Society.

The journal also provides a forum for the publication of peer-reviewed policy and practice guidance arising out of the activities of the Association of Irish Clinical Embryologists, the British Infertility Counselling Association, the Irish Fertility Society and the Royal College of Nursing Fertility Nurses Group.

All submissions are welcome. Articles considered include original papers, reviews, policy statements, commentaries, debates, correspondence, and reports of sessions at meetings. The journal also publishes refereed abstracts from the meetings of the British Fertility Society.

All published research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and single-anonymized reviewing by independent reviewers.

Read the Instructions for Authors for information on how to submit your article.


Please note, from 2024 the Print ISSN is not in active use as this journal is no longer published in print.

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