About this journal

Aims and scope

Patient Related Outcome Measures is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal focusing on treatment outcomes specifically relevant to patients.

Patient Related Outcome Measures will no longer consider meta-analyses for publication.

All aspects of patient care are addressed within the journal and practitioners from all disciplines are invited to submit their work as well as healthcare researchers and patient support groups. Areas covered will include:

  • Quality of life scores
  • Patient satisfaction audits
  • Treatment outcomes that focus on the patient
  • Research into improving patient outcomes
  • Hypotheses of interventions to improve outcomes
  • Short communications that illustrate improved outcomes
  • Case reports or series that show an improved patient experience
  • Patient journey descriptions or research

Patient Related Outcome Measures endorses the COSMIN statement for the reporting of health measurement instruments, the STARD statement for the reporting of the diagnostic accuracy studies, the PRISMA statement for the reporting of systematic reviews, the STROBE statement for the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology, and the RECORD statement for the reporting of studies conducted using observational routinely-collected health data. Authors should check the EQUATORNetwork for reporting instructions and further information.

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 51K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 1.8 (2023) Impact Factor
  • 3.2 (2023) 5 year IF

Editorial board

Editors-in-Chief:

Dr Robert Howland, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, United States

Associate Editor-in-Chief:

Professor Lynne Nemeth, College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, United States

Editorial Board:

Professor Francisco Batel Marques,Centre for Health Technology Assessment and Drug Research, Coimbra, Portugal

Professor Sir Nick Black, Health Services Research & Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

Dr David Cella, Professor and Founding Chair, Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Associate Director for Cancer Prevention and Control, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Professor Giorgio Lorenzo Colombo, Drug Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Dr Gabriel Del Corral, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery,Georgetown University, Hospital Franklin Square Medical Center, Washington Hospital Medical Center, United States

Professor Joel E Dimsdale, Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, United States

Professor Lawrence Gettleman, Prosthodontics & Biomaterials, University of Louisville, School of Dentistry, United States

Professor Robert Heaton, Psychiatry, University of California at San Diego, United States

Professor Peter Kahrilas, Division of Gastroenterology, Feinberg Schoool of Medicine, Northwestern University, Illinois, United States

Prof. Dr. Steven Lipshultz, Conger Goodyear Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics and Voluntary Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences; Pediatric Chief-of-Service, Kaleida Health; Medical Director of Pediatric Services Business Development, John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital; Consultant, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center; and President/CEO, UBMD Pediatrics, United States

Professor Peter Martin, Psychiatry and Pharmacology,, Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital, United States

Professor Christine McLaren, Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California, United States

Dr Omendra Narayan, Pediatric Pulmonologist, Pediatrics - Medical Affairs, American Hospital, Dubai

Dr Jill Nocella, Department of Nursing, William Paterson University of New Jersey, United States

Prof. Dr. Harry van Goor, Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Netherlands

Abstracting and indexing

Patient Related Outcome Measures is indexed/tracked/covered by the following services:

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Pubmed (NLM)

PubMed Central Selective Deposit Medicine & Health (NLM)

Open access

Patient Related Outcome Measures 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.

Why choose open access?

  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

Article Publishing Charges (APC)

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