Editor-in-chief

We welcome authors, reviewers and readers to the Health Sciences Investigations (HSI) Journal. The HSI Journal is a peer reviewed, open access platform for reporting original research in basic and clinical health sciences including medicine, biomedicine, pharmacy, nursing, physical therapy, medical laboratory science, environmental health, public health, medical imaging and radiologic technologies and other health disciplines. The goal of the journal is to reach the global community, especially those in resource-limited regions, with on-line open access publications at no cost to authors and readers.

In my first editorial as Editor-in-Chief of HSIJ, I want to underline the outstanding work our team has done, and will continue to do, to ensure we meet the expectations of our international audience to regularly produce impactful publications. The journal has a team of committed and experienced editors, comprising 19 editors, 11 editorial advisory board members and 9 international advisory board working together to create a culture of excellence.

Our aim

The HSI Journal is an independent, international journal intended for the publication of original articles from the global scientific community. To reach the global community, especially those in resource-limited regions, HSI Journal provides on-line Open Access publications at no cost to authors and readers.

Our Mission

The HSI journal is a peer-reviewed journal for the communication of research results and policy issues in the health sciences and related disciplines. Our mission is to increase the visibility and impact of health sciences research in Ghana and globally

The HSI Journal Office

The HSI Journal administrative office is located at the University of Ghana College of Health Sciences, Charles Easmon Building, 2nd floor, Room 29, Korle-Bu, Accra, Ghana. The Journal’s administrative office maintains all subscription records

Scope

Health Sciences Investigations (HSI) Journal publishes manuscripts from basic and clinical health sciences including medicine, biomedicine, pharmacy, nursing, physical therapy, medical laboratory science, environmental health, public health, medical imaging and radiologic technologies and other allied health disciplines. The Journal is dedicated to serving scientists wishing to contribute to knowledge on global health. All HSI Journal publications are in English. The Journal publishes original research articles, systematic reviews, case reports, brief communications and letters to the editor. The journal also publishes interviews with global opinion leaders and policy makers on health matters of global relevance. We welcome original contributions that have not been published and are not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Papers accepted for publication are double-blind refereed to ensure academic integrity

Publication model

• The HSI Journal complete issues and individual articles are all open access.
• They can be freely accessed here at the journal's official website and also at other subscribed article indexing and archiving platforms. The list of indexed and/or archiving platforms will be continually be updated and displayed on the Journal website.
• Articles published in the HSI Journal are indexed in Elsevier's research database (including Scopus, Embase, and ScienceDirect). This marks an important step towards obtaining Journal Rank metrics, such as Impact Factor and H-index, from Clarivate Analytics.

Frequency of publication

Online first publications: We provide online first publications (E-Publication FirstTM). All accepted papers are published online soon after completion of the necessary publishing processes. The HSI Journal hosts online PDF and HTML versions of manuscripts that have been peer-reviewed and accepted so that readers can freely access or cite the articles

All published articles are subsequently compiled in final printed editions that are produced in two volumes during the reference year