Aims & Scope

Lokman Hekim Health Sciences (Lokman Hekim Health Sci.) is an open access journal that publishes national and international manuscripts in the field of health sciences. Lokman Hekim Health Sciences (Lokman Hekim Health Sci.), covers human health, medical and zoonotic diseases, diagnosis, treatment, patient care, nursing, drug developments, international and public health, including infectious diseases, immunology, parasitology, tropical diseases and human nutrition. The journal accepts original articles, review / meta-analysis, brief report, case report, letter to the editor, and manuscripts related to the history of medicine in different disciplines in the field of health sciences.

All manuscripts must be submitted electronically to https://lhhs.manuscriptmanager.net/ .

Lokman Hekim Health Sciences (Lokman Hekim Health Sci.) is a journal that publishes manuscripts in the field of medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, sports and health sciences (nursing, physical therapy and rehabilitation, nutrition and dietetics, midwifery, ergotherapy, audiology, speech and language therapy).

• The language of the journal is English
• It is an international electronic journal.
• Publishes scientific articles in general health sciences by evaluating them within the framework of the principles of refereeing.
• Lokman Hekim Health Sciences (Lokman Hekim Health Sci.) is an open access journal; that is published articles can be accessed on the journal's online page without any subscription or fee. LHU Open Access Policy is taken as basis for the journal to be open access.
• Article submission and access is free.
• Three issues are released every year in April, August and December.

The editorial and publication processes of the journal are shaped in accordance with the guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), Council of Science Editors (CSE), Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), European Association of Science Editors (EASE), and National Information Standards Organization (NISO). The journal is in conformity with the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (doaj.org/bestpractice).

Processing and publication are free of charge with the journal. No fees are requested from the authors at any point throughout the evaluation and publication process. All manuscripts must be submitted via the online submission system, which is available at www.lokmanhekimhs.com. The journal guidelines, technical information, and the required forms are available on the journal’s web page.

All expenses of the journal are covered by the Lokman Hekim University. Potential advertisers should contact the Editorial Office. Advertisement images are published only upon the Editor-in-Chief’s approval.

Statements or opinions expressed in the manuscripts published in the journal reflect the views of the author(s) and not the opinions of the Lokman Hekim University, editors, editorial board, and/or publisher; the editors, editorial board, and publisher disclaim any responsibility or liability for such materials.

All published content is available online, free of charge. Printed copies of the journal are distributed internationally, free of charge.

Lokman Hekim Health Sciences is indexed in EBSCO, CINAHL, Open Ukrainian Citation Index (OUCI), Scope Database, Scilit, Google Scholar, DOAJ, Gale, Research4life, Hinari, IdealOnline and Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals , Turk Medline, Asian Science Citation Index and Worldcat.