Ashiha: Journal of Health Sciences is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to publishing high-impact empirical research, cutting-edge translational science, and critical systematic reviews across the health disciplines.

The journal prioritizes research that bridges clinical practice, public health policy, and sustainable health systems, with a particular emphasis on addressing health challenges in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) while maintaining global relevance. All submissions must demonstrate sound methodological quality, ethical compliance, and direct implications for clinical practice or health policy.

The journal specifically invites original articles and systematic reviews within the following high-priority thematic domains:

1. Planetary Health, Climate Change, and Environmental Epidemiology

Research connecting environmental shifts to human pathology generates high global readership and cross-disciplinary citations.

• Climate-Sensitive Diseases: Vector-borne pathogen transmission, heat-related morbidity/mortality, and climate-induced zoonotic spillover.

• Environmental Toxicants & Endocrine Disruptors: Long-term exposure to microplastics, heavy metals, pesticide residues, and endocrine disruptors on reproductive and pediatric health.

• Disaster Health & Resilience: Emergency preparedness, healthcare system resilience during environmental crises, and water/sanitation in climate-vulnerable populations.

2. Translational Epidemiology & Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Trajectories

Rather than simple prevalence surveys, Scopus favors mechanistic, predictive, and intervention-driven NCD studies.

• Cardiometabolic Syndromes & Chronic Diseases: Novel early-detection biomarkers, multi-morbidity dynamics, and translational management of type 2 diabetes, stroke, and hypertension.

• Lifestyle Interventions & Behavioral Epigenetics: Community-based lifestyle modifications and their clinical effectiveness in delaying chronic disease progression.

• Global Mental Health & Psychosocial Determinants: Neuropsychiatric epidemiology, youth mental health crises, and community-integrated psychiatric interventions.

3. Maternal, Perinatal, and Life-Course Health Sciences

High-citation areas that feed directly into global benchmarks and meta-analyses.

• Perinatal Pathophysiology & Advanced Midwifery: Preeclampsia etiology, preterm birth prevention, obstetric hemorrhage interventions, and evidence-based intrapartum care models.

• Early Childhood Stunting & Epigenetic Programming: Multi-generational impacts of maternal micronutrient deficiencies, developmental origins of adult disease, and bio-nutritional interventions.

• Reproductive Immunology & Adolescent Health: Cervical cancer screening innovations, HPV vaccination coverage, and reproductive endocrine health.

4. Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) & One Health Surveillance

One Health is one of the fastest-growing categories in health literature.

• AMR Epidemiology & Stewardship: Molecular surveillance of multi-drug resistant (MDR) pathogens in hospital and community settings; clinical efficacy of antibiotic stewardship protocols.

• One Health Interface: Zoonotic reservoirs, food-chain antibiotic contamination, and cross-species pathogen spillover.

• Emerging Infectious Pathogens: Novel diagnostics, rapid point-of-care testing, and post-viral sequelae.

5. Digital Health, Artificial Intelligence, and Medical Informatics

Articles in AI and medical informatics consistently achieve the highest initial citation velocities.

• Predictive AI Models: Machine learning applications for early triage, diagnostic image evaluation, and patient risk stratification.

• mHealth & Telemedicine Systems: Efficacy and implementation science of remote patient monitoring, digital therapeutics, and mobile health apps in underserved populations.

• Health Informatics & Clinical Decision Support: Electronic health record (EHR) analytics and automation of clinical safety protocols.

6. Health Systems Strengthening, Implementation Science, and UHC

Studies evaluating the translation of policy into frontline practice.

• Implementation Science in LMICs: Systematic barriers, fidelity analysis, and scalability of evidence-based health interventions.

• Universal Health Coverage (UHC) & Financial Protection: Health economics, catastrophic health expenditure minimization, and primary healthcare financing.

• Workforce Dynamics & Patient Safety Culture: Burnout prevention, interprofessional healthcare team dynamics, and institutional patient safety systems.

7. Natural Product Drug Discovery & Ethnopharmacology

If accepting pharmacy articles, Scopus requires rigorous standardization, not crude extracts with unverified bioassays.

• Standardized Phytomedicine: Isolation, characterization, and molecular docking of novel bioactive compounds from medicinal flora.

• Safety & Toxicological Profiling: Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and preclinical safety margins of plant-derived therapeutic candidates.

• Formulation & Nanotechnology: Novel drug delivery systems (e.g., nano-emulsions, liposomes) for improved bioavailability of bioactive compounds.