Publisher

Panorama Scholarly Group serves as the publisher of Health Nexus and supports its publishing infrastructure, online dissemination, editorial production, metadata management, and scholarly communication activities. The publisher promotes responsible open-access publishing, transparent publication policies, and the accessibility of scholarly research.

Editorial decisions are made independently by the journal's authorized editors. The publisher does not determine manuscript acceptance, reviewer recommendations, or scholarly conclusions.

Editorial Management

Health Nexus Editorial Office

The Editorial Office is responsible for coordinating manuscript submissions, initial editorial screening, reviewer invitations, peer review administration, author correspondence, editorial decisions, and the post-acceptance production workflow.

Editorial oversight is exercised by the Editor-in-Chief and designated academic editors, supported by the journal's editorial team and independent reviewers. Manuscripts are assigned to qualified editors and reviewers according to their subject matter and methodological requirements.

The journal is committed to fair and independent editorial evaluation, confidentiality, responsible management of competing interests, and appropriate handling of research integrity concerns. Reviewer recommendations inform editorial decisions, while final decision-making authority rests with the Editor-in-Chief or an authorized delegated editor.

Mission and Scope

The mission of Health Nexus is to advance reliable medical knowledge, strengthen evidence-based healthcare, and support scholarly inquiry across different medical disciplines and traditions.

The journal seeks to:

• Advance Medical Research: Publish original, scientifically rigorous research in conventional medicine, biomedical sciences, TCM, and related health disciplines.
• Support Independent and Interdisciplinary Scholarship: Encourage research within individual medical traditions while facilitating comparative, integrative, and interdisciplinary inquiry where scientifically justified.
• Promote Clinical and Translational Science: Support research connecting scientific discoveries, diagnostic innovations, therapeutic interventions, and improvements in clinical practice.
• Strengthen Public Health and Health Systems: Encourage scholarship on disease prevention, population health, healthcare delivery, health equity, and sustainable healthcare development.
• Encourage Methodological Innovation: Advance appropriate clinical, experimental, observational, computational, theoretical, and mixed-methods research approaches.
• Uphold Open Science and Research Integrity: Promote transparent reporting, ethical research conduct, appropriate data availability, accurate citation practices, and reproducible scientific inquiry.

Principal Research Sections

Health Nexus organizes its scholarly coverage through four principal research sections.

Each section welcomes submissions consistent with its scholarly scope. Research involving a single medical discipline is not required to demonstrate integration with another medical tradition. Authors may consult the journal's Aims & Scope for further information.

Article Types

Health Nexus accepts the following categories of scholarly contributions:

• Original Research Articles: Reports of original empirical, clinical, biomedical, experimental, epidemiological, or translational research.
• Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: Structured evidence syntheses using transparent and reproducible methods.
• Narrative Reviews and Perspectives: Critical scholarly discussions of research developments, theoretical issues, and medical practices.
• Clinical Case Reports: Clinically significant individual cases or case series presenting meaningful diagnostic, therapeutic, or educational insights.
• Methodological and Theoretical Papers: Contributions developing or critically examining research methods, conceptual frameworks, analytical approaches, or theoretical models.
• Short Communications: Concise reports of focused scientific findings, preliminary investigations, or methodological advances.
• Editorials and Commentaries: Evidence-informed scholarly discussions of significant medical developments, published research, clinical issues, or health policy, normally commissioned or approved by the Editorial Office.

All submissions must demonstrate scholarly relevance, methodological appropriateness, ethical compliance, and clear reporting. Detailed article-specific requirements are provided in the Article Types and Author Guidelines.

Peer Review and Editorial Standards

Health Nexus operates a structured editorial assessment and double-blind peer review system designed to support independent, fair, and scientifically rigorous evaluation.

• Initial Editorial Screening: All manuscripts undergo preliminary assessment for relevance to the journal's scope, originality, methodological adequacy, ethical requirements, and compliance with submission guidelines. Manuscripts may be declined without external peer review.
• Double-Blind Peer Review: Research manuscripts selected for external evaluation are normally reviewed by at least two independent experts. Authors and reviewers are expected to maintain the anonymity required by the journal's double-blind review model.
• Editorial Assessment of Selected Article Types: Editorials and Commentaries are generally subject to editorial assessment and may undergo additional expert review where appropriate.
• Scientific and Methodological Quality: Manuscripts are assessed according to the appropriateness of their research questions, study design, analytical methods, evidence, and interpretation. Statistical methods are evaluated where applicable to the study design.
• Reporting Standards: Authors must follow reporting guidelines appropriate to their research design, including CONSORT, PRISMA, STROBE, and CARE where applicable.
• Research Ethics: Studies involving human participants, animals, clinical interventions, or identifiable health information must comply with applicable ethical approval, informed consent, confidentiality, and trial registration requirements.
• Transparency and Research Integrity: Authors must disclose relevant funding, competing interests, data availability, and the use of artificial intelligence tools where required. Fabricated, falsified, plagiarized, or misleading research is unacceptable.
• Editorial Independence: Editorial decisions are based on academic and scientific considerations and are made independently of the publisher's commercial interests and authors' ability to pay publication charges.

For detailed procedures, reviewer responsibilities, editorial decisions, and revision requirements, consult the Peer Review Process.

Open Access Policy and Publication Frequency

Health Nexus is a fully open-access, online scholarly journal. Published articles are made freely available to readers upon publication without subscription or access fees.

• Publication Frequency: Annual. The journal publishes one annual volume.
• Open Access: Published articles are accessible online without subscription charges.
• Copyright: Authors retain copyright in their published work, subject to the journal's publishing and licensing arrangements.
• Licensing: Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0), unless otherwise stated. Reuse is subject to appropriate attribution and applicable licence conditions.

Further information is available in the Open Access Policy and Copyright & Licensing policy.

Article Processing Charges (APC)

Health Nexus has announced a transition from its Diamond Open Access publishing model to an APC-supported model beginning in 2027. The journal maintains transitional arrangements for eligible manuscripts submitted before implementation of the new policy.

Authors should consult the APC & Waiver Policy and 2027 Publishing Model Transition Announcement for fee conditions, waiver arrangements, and transitional provisions.

Contact Information

Authors, reviewers, and readers may contact the Editorial Office regarding manuscript submissions, peer review, publication policies, or general journal inquiries.