About the Journal

Journal of the Dow University of Health Sciences (JDUHS) (Print ISSN: 1995-2198 and Online ISSN: 2410-2180) was established in 2007 with the aim to disseminate the high-quality scientific research papers among the healthcare research community. The journal is published three times a year, in April, August, and December.

Aims and Scope

Journal of the Dow University of Health Sciences (JDUHS) is a double-blind peer-reviewed open access health sciences journal, aims to provide valuable knowledge and understanding of health problems and their solutions to basic and clinical scientists, and allied health sciences researchers. The journal has a special emphasis on primary research conducted in the field of health sciences in low and middle-income countries and considers original articles, review articles, short communications, case reports, commentary, and student articles on all aspects of health sciences.

Open Access Statement

This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely avaiable without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition of open access.

Indexing Information

The JDUHS is approved by Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) & Higher Education Commission, Pakistan (HEC) and is abstracted/indexed by  Scopus, Index Medicus for the Eastern Mediterranean Region (IMEMR), PakMediNet, Google Scholar, EBSCO, Crossref and  Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI). The abbreviated name is “J Dow Univ Health Sci”.

Copyright

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc/4.0/. This license permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium; provided the original work is properly cited and initial publication in this journal.

Publisher

The Journal of the Dow University of Health Sciences is managed and published by Dow University of Health Sciences.

Privacy Statement

JDUHS respects the contribution of authors, personal information of contributors, and protection of the privacy of the contributors. The names, affiliation, and email addresses entered in JDUHS will be used exclusively for the processing and publication of manuscripts submitted in JDUHS and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.