期刊名称：INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH GEOGRAPHICS ISSN： 1476-072X 出版频率： Continuous publication 出版社： BMC, CAMPUS, 4 CRINAN ST, LONDON, ENGLAND, N1 9XW   出版社网址： http://www.biomedcentral.com/ 期刊网址： http://ij-healthgeographics.biomedcentral.com/ 影响因子： 3.918 主题范畴： PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH 变更情况： 期刊简介(About the journal)    投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)    编辑部信息(Editorial Board)    About the journal Aims and scope International Journal of Health Geographics is fully dedicated to publishing novel, high quality and internationally significant manuscripts on all aspects of geospatial information systems and science applications in health and healthcare. International Journal of Health Geographics covers a wide range of interdisciplinary geospatial topics in a health/healthcare context, from spatial data infrastructure and Web geospatial interoperability research, to research into real-time Geographic Information Systems (GIS)-enabled surveillance services, remote sensing applications, spatial epidemiology, spatio-temporal statistics, and even cyberspace mapping. The journal is thus of interest to audiences from many different fields. Health geographics improves our understanding of the important relationships between people, location (and its characteristics: for example environmental or socio-economic), time, and health; it therefore assists us in discovering and eliminating disease, in public health tasks like disease prevention and health promotion, and also in better healthcare service planning and delivery. Currently health geographics papers are offered very little room, priority and recognition in peer reviewed journals dealing with medical informatics, public health, statistics or GIS in general. All such journals available today are not specifically focused on the broader spectrum of geospatial information science in health and healthcare, and are at best journals of social medicine, public health, planning and policy with an emphasis on the concept of place. International Journal of Health Geographics is filling this serious gap in existing journals by providing a credible central venue for researchers and practitioners to publish their health geographics research. Open access All articles published by International Journal of Health Geographics are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication, without subscription charges or registration barriers. Further information about open access can be found here. As authors of articles published in International Journal of Health Geographics you are the copyright holders of your article and have granted to any third party, in advance and in perpetuity, the right to use, reproduce or disseminate your article, according to the BioMed Central license agreement. For those of you who are US government employees or are prevented from being copyright holders for similar reasons, BioMed Central can accommodate non-standard copyright lines. Please contact us if further information is needed. Article-processing charges Open access publishing is not without costs. International Journal of Health Geographics therefore levies an article-processing charge of £1370/$2145/€1745 for each article accepted for publication. If the submitting author's institution is a Member, the cost of the article-processing charge is covered by the membership, and no further charge is payable. In the case of authors whose institutions are Supporter Members, however, a discounted article-processing charge is payable by the author. We routinely waive charges for authors from low-income countries. For other countries, article-processing charge waivers or discounts are granted on a case-by-case basis to authors with insufficient funds. Authors can request a waiver or discount during the submission process. For further details, see our article-processing charge page. Indexing services All articles published in International Journal of Health Geographics are included in: CABI Citebase Current contents DOAJ EmCare Geobase Global Health MEDLINE Medscape OAIster PubMed PubMed Central SCImago Scopus Social Sciences Citation Index SOCOLAR Zetoc The full text of all articles is deposited in digital archives around the world to guarantee long-term digital preservation. You can also access all articles published by BioMed Central on SpringerLink. International Journal of Health Geographics has an Impact Factor of 2.270. Peer-review policy Peer-review is the system used to assess the quality of a manuscript before it is published. Independent researchers in the relevant research area assess submitted manuscripts for originality, validity and significance to help editors determine whether the manuscript should be published in their journal. You can read more about the peer-review process here. International Journal of Health Geographics operates a single-blind peer-review system, where the reviewers are aware of the names and affiliations of the authors, but the reviewer reports provided to authors are anonymous. The benefit of single-blind peer review is that it is the traditional model of peer review that many reviewers are comfortable with, and it facilitates a dispassionate critique of a manuscript. Submitted manuscripts will generally be reviewed by two or more experts who will be asked to evaluate whether the manuscript is scientifically sound and coherent, whether it duplicates already published work, and whether or not the manuscript is sufficiently clear for publication. The Editors will reach a decision based on these reports and, where necessary, they will consult with members of the Editorial Board. For a manuscript to be published, it has to be relevant to the journal's scope, scientifically sound, coherent, and not substantially duplicating other published work. All manuscripts submitted must also show some form of internationally-significant novelty beyond study locale. Edited by Maged N Kamel Boulos, International Journal of Health Geographics is supported by an expert Editorial Board. Editorial policies All manuscripts submitted to International Journal of Health Geographics should adhere to BioMed Central's editorial policies. Citing articles in International Journal of Health Geographics Articles in International Journal of Health Geographics should be cited in the same way as articles in a traditional journal. Because articles are not printed, they do not have page numbers; instead, they are given a unique article number. Article citations follow this format: Authors: Title. Int J Health Geogr [year], [volume number]:[article number]. e.g. Roberts LD, Hassall DG, Winegar DA, Haselden JN, Nicholls AW, Griffin JL: Increased hepatic oxidative metabolism distinguishes the action of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor delta from Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor gamma in the Ob/Ob mouse. Int J Health Geogr 2009, 1:115. refers to article 115 from Volume 1 of the journal. Appeals and complaints If you wish to appeal a rejection or make a complaint you should, in the first instance, contact the Editor who will provide details of the journal's complaints procedure. For complaints that cannot be resolved with the Editor, the authors should contact the Publisher. Why publish your article in International Journal of Health Geographics High visibility International Journal of Health Geographics's open access policy allows maximum visibility of articles published in the journal as they are available to a wide, global audience.  Speed of publication International Journal of Health Geographics offers a fast publication schedule whilst maintaining rigorous peer review; all articles must be submitted online, and peer review is managed fully electronically (articles are distributed in PDF form, which is automatically generated from the submitted files). Articles will be published with their final citation after acceptance, in both fully browsable web form, and as a formatted PDF. Flexibility Online publication in International Journal of Health Geographics gives you the opportunity to publish large datasets, large numbers of color illustrations and moving pictures, to display data in a form that can be read directly by other software packages so as to allow readers to manipulate the data for themselves, and to create all relevant links (for example, to PubMed, to sequence and other databases, and to other articles). Promotion and press coverage Articles published in International Journal of Health Geographics are included in article alerts and regular email updates. Some may be highlighted on International Journal of Health Geographics’s pages and on the BioMed Central homepage. In addition, articles published in International Journal of Health Geographics may be promoted by press releases to the general or scientific press. 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Who decides whether my work will be accepted? - Peer-review policy Want to submit to a different journal? - Manuscript transfers Spreading the word - Promoting your publication Submit your manuscript in Editorial Manager Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief Prof Maged Nabih Kamel Boulos, University of the Highlands and Islands, UK Editorial Board Dr Philip AbdelMalik, Public Health Agency of Canada, Canada Prof Renato Assuncao, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil Dr John G Breslin, Insight Centre for Data Analytics and National University of Ire, Republic of Ireland Prof Manfred Buchroithner, Institut fur Kartographie, TU Dresden, Germany Prof Ewart Carson, City University, United Kingdom Dr Steeve Ebener, World Health Organisation, Switzerland Prof Alexander Stewart Fotheringham, Arizona State University, USA Prof Jianya Gong, Wuhan University, China Dr Colin N Gordon, National Electronic Library for Health, UK Sir J. A. Muir Gray, Better Value Healthcare, UK Prof Gary Higgs, School of Computing University of Glamorgan, UK Dr Alison Hill, Institute of Health Sciences, UK Dr James Holt, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA Dr Richard Hoskins, WA State Dept of Health, USA Prof Dina N Kamel Boulos, Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine, Egypt Dr Omar Khan, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, USA Prof Martin Kulldorff, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA Dr Andrew B Lawson, Medical University of South Carolina, USA Prof Markku Löytönen, University of Helsinki, Finland Prof Marguerite Madden, Geography, University of Georgia, USA Mr Tony Mathys, University of Edinburgh, UK Dr Lisel O'Dwyer, Flinders University, Australia Dr Bernd Resch, University of Salzburg, Austria Prof Abdul V Roudsari, University of Victoria, Canada Prof Gerard Rushton, The University of Iowa, USA Ric Skinner, Independent Consultant in Healthcare GIS, USA Ralph Smith West Midlands, Cancer Intelligence Unit, UK Statistical Advisor Prof Ezzeldin Ibrahim, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Saudi Arabia