About the Journal
Women’s Health Investigation
Aims and Scope
Women’s Health Investigation (WHI, Womens Health Investig, Online ISSN 2616-4299) is a peer-reviewed and open access journal that embraces the full scope of research in women’s healthcare. The breadth of Women’s Health Investigation spans basic science, clinical medicine, surgery, epidemiology, and prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and supportive care. The aim of the journal is to provide a forum for all clinicians and researchers including but not limited to, gynecologists, obstetricians, internists, and surgeons to publish original scientific articles in clinical and laboratory research relevant to diagnosis and treatment of women’s health disorders. Additionally, the journal seeks to publish articles regarding innovations in medical education of women’s health specialists.
Information for Authors
WHI is a member of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and is a member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and it follows the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)'s guidelines and the ICMJE recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journal.
Manuscripts submitted must be the original work of the author(s) and must not be published previously or under consideration for publication elsewhere.
Submission Turnaround Time
- In-house review: 1-3 weeks
- External peer review: 1-3 months
- Publication Ahead of Print: within 1 month after being accepted
- Formal publication: within 1-3 months after being accepted. Original Articles are listed as priority.
Open Access Statement
Women’s Health Investigation is a peer reviewed, open access journal. All content of the journal is published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). All articles published open access will be immediately and permanently free for all to read, download, copy and distribute as defined by the applied license.
Free access and usage
Permitted third party reuse is defined by the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. This license allows users to copy and distribute the article, provided:
- this is not done for commercial purposes and further does not permit distribution of the Article if it is changed or edited in any way.
- the user gives appropriate credit (with a link to the formal publication through the relevant DOI) and provides a link to the license but not in an any way implying that the licensor is endorsing the user or the use of the work.
- no derivatives including remix, transform, or build upon the material was allowed for distribution.
Copyright
For open access publishing, this journal uses an exclusive licensing agreement. Authors will transfer copyright to WHI, but will have the right to share their article in the same way permitted to third parties under the relevant user license, as well as certain scholarly usage rights.
For any inquiry/special circumstance on the copyright, commercial usage or adaptation of WHI articles, please contact: permissions@amegroups.com
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Editorial Office
Email: whi@amegroups.com
Publisher Information
WHI is published by AME Publishing Company.
Address: Flat/RM C 16F, Kings Wing Plaza 1, NO. 3 on Kwan Street, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, China.
Updated on June 22, 2020
