About this journal
Aims and scope
The International Journal of Women's Health is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal that focuses on all aspects of women's healthcare.
Meta-analyses will no longer be considered for publication.
Specific topics covered by the journal include:
- Health conditions pertaining to Obstetrics & Gynecology, Orthopedics, Surgery, Cardiology, Hematology, Oncology, and other fields of science and medicine.
- Early diagnosis, screening, prevention, and treatment of health conditions including chronic conditions such as pain, migraine, headaches, arthritis, osteoporosis.
- Sexual and reproductive health including fertility patterns and emerging technologies to address infertility.
- Infectious disease with chronic sequelae including HIV/AIDS, HPV, PID, and other STDs.
- Psychological and psychosocial conditions - depression across the life span, substance abuse, domestic violence.
- Physical and emotional wellbeing.
- Health maintenance among aging females - factors affecting the quality of life including physical, social, and mental issues.
- Male vs female incidence comparisons for conditions that affect both genders.
- Avenues for health promotion and disease prevention across the life span.
The journal is characterized by the rapid reporting of original research, clinical studies, reports, editorials, reviews, and commentaries.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 333K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 2.5 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 3.0 (2023) 5 year IF
- 3.7 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.134 (2023) SNIP
- 0.756 (2023) SJR
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editor-in-Chief
Professor Elie Al-Chaer, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, United States
Associate Editors-in-Chief
Dr Everett Magann, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, United States
Dr Marleen van Gelder, Department for Health Evidence, Radboud University Medical Center, Netherlands
Editorial Board
Prof. Dr. Habibul Ahsan, Public Health, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Chicago, United States
Dr Robert Bast, Translational Research, Department of Experimental Therapeutics, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
Prof. Dr. Mosammat Rashida Begum, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Infertility Care and Research Center, Bangladesh
Dr Linda B Cottler, Epidemiology, College of Public Health and Health Professions and College of Medicine, University of Florida, United States
Professor Hong-Wen Deng, Department of Medicine, Tulane University, United States
Dr Ekere J Essien, Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy, University of Houston, Texas Medical Center,United States
Dr Nana Essel, Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Dr Matteo Frigerio, Gynecology and Obstetrics in San Gerardo Hospital Monza, Italy
Professor Margaret Heitkemper, Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Informatics, University of Washington, School of Nursing, Seattle, WA, United States
Professor Howard Kravitz, Department of Preventive Medicine, Rush Medical College, Rush University Medical Center, United States
Dr Libretti, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Maggiore della Carità, Novara, Italy
Professor Grace Ma, School of Medicine, Temple University, United States
Dr Stefano Manodoro, Obstetrics and Gynecology, San Paolo University Hospital, University of Milano, Italy
Professor Jeanne C. Marsh, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy and Practice, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
Dr Sulma Mohammed, Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University, United States
Dr Linda Moneyham, School of Nursing, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
Professor Oluwafemi Omoniyi Oguntibeju, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa
Dr Faustino R Perez-Lopez, Obstetrics and Gynecology,University of Zaragoza, Spain
Dr Chandrika J Piyathilake, Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States
Dr Antonio Schiattarella, Department of Woman, Child and General and Specialized Surgery, University of Campania, Italy
Professor Carol Shively, Department of Pathology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
Professor Anil K. Sood, Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Cancer Biology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States
Dr Swasti Swasti, Senior Consultant, Department of Gynae Surgical Oncology, Max Institute of Cancer Care, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Vaishali and Patparganj, India
Dr Salvatore Giovanni Vitale, Division of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
Professor Stephen Weiss, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, United States
Abstracting and indexing
International Journal of Women's Health is indexed/tracked/covered by the following services:
Current Contents®/Clinical Medicine
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
EMBASE (Elsevier)
Pubmed (NLM)
PubMed Central Selective Deposit Medicine & Health (NLM)
Science Citation Index Expanded (Clarivate Analytics)
Scopus (Elsevier)
Open access
International Journal of Women's Health is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
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- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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