Women's Health
Women’s Health (WHE) is an open access, peer-reviewed international journal that focuses on all aspects of women's healthcare. WHE welcomes submissions on topics covering the entire lifespan of women, from childhood/adolescence to menopause and beyond. Primary research, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, reviews and editorials addressing topics on any manner of scale are welcome, as are submissions from both low- and high-resource countries. Please see Aims and Scope tab for further information.
Why publish in WHE?
- Indexed in MEDLINE, Scopus and Clarivate Analytics' ESCI
- Included in PubMed Central
- Open access dissemination of your article to a global audience of professionals, including decision makers
- Rigorous single-blind peer review
- Distinguished international editorial board
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Statement
Women’s Health (WHE) promotes inclusive, open science that reflects the disciplinary, human, and geographic diversity of the women’s health community.
Diversity as a core value embodies inclusiveness, mutual respect, and multiple perspectives.
We welcome editors, editorial board members, peer reviewers and authors from all backgrounds, cultures, ethnicities, nationalities, races, religions, sexes, sexual orientations, gender identities, mental or physical (dis)abilities, ages, career stages, socioeconomic status or any other individual status.
We are committed to continually improving our editorial and review processes whilst playing our part in eradicating bias and inequality in all forms.
Open access article processing charge (APC) information
The article processing charge for this Journal is $2,100 USD. The article processing charge for Plain Language Summary is $4,500 USD. Authors may also choose to pay in GBP*.
The APC is payable when a manuscript is accepted after peer review, before it is published. The APC is subject to taxes where applicable. Please see further details here.
Submission information
Submit your manuscript today at https://sage.atyponrex.com/journal/whe.
Please see the Submission Guidelines for more information on how to submit your article to the journal.
Contact
Please direct any queries to the Managing Editor, Samantha Taylor (Samantha.taylor@sagepub.co.uk).
Women’s Health delivers the highest quality peer-reviewed, open access, original research articles, reviews, and scholarly comment on pioneering efforts and innovative research from all disciplines related to women’s health globally.
The journal is committed to publishing multidisciplinary research that spans the whole spectrum of women’s health and acknowledges women’s health research is needed by more than just cisgender women (women whose gender aligns with their assigned sex at birth). Trans men and women are often left out of women’s health conversations and non-binary, genderqueer and gender non-confirming individuals also have specific health needs that should be explored.
The Editors welcome international contributions particularly from those living in low-middle income countries.
Women’s health covers themes including but not limited to:
· Addiction
· Bone Health
· Breast Health
· Cardiovascular Health
· Contraception and Family Planning
· Disabilities
· Endocrinology
· Gender-based Violence
· Gynaecology
· Health Disparities
· Infectious Disease
· Internal Medicine
· LGBTQIA+ Health
· Menopause
· Mental Health
· Nutrition
· Obstetrics
· Oncology
· Paediatrics and Adolescent Health
· Sex and Gender Differences in Disease
· Telemedicine
· Urology
· Women’s Health and Race
The primary aim of Women’s Health is to provide universally accessible and digestible content to all stakeholders involved in women’s health. It provides a unique forum for dissemination of high-quality content applicable to researchers, clinicians and allied health practitioners, patients, social scientists, industry and government.
Review articles include expert opinion/perspective, narrative reviews and therapeutic area reviews. Systematic reviews, meta-analyses, post-marketing and health economic and pharmacoeconomic reviews are also welcomed. The appropriate EQUATOR Network reporting guidelines should be followed (e.g. CONSORT for randomized, controlled trials and PRISMA for systematic reviews/meta-analyses).
The journal adheres to a single-blind review process in which the reviewer's name is routinely withheld from the author unless the reviewer requests a preference for their identity to be revealed. Manuscripts are reviewed by at least two referees.
| Edward Kwabena Ameyaw | Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China |
| Zohra S Lassi | University of Adelaide, Australia |
| Jeannette M Wade | University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA |
| Bushra Mahdi | Sage Publications Ltd, United Kingdom |
| Shasha Sharief | SAGE Publishing, London, UK |
| Samantha Taylor | SAGE Publishing, London, UK |
| Mahima Dua | SAGE Publishing, New Delhi, India |
| Ashima Sinha | SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, India |
| Dr LeRoy G. Robinson, Ph.D | San Francisco State University & NYU Langone Medical Center, USA |
| Dr. Ashish Awasthi | CSIR - Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India |
| Mehak Batra, PhD | Latrobe University, Victoria, Australia |
| Chao Cai, PhD | University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA |
| Vincenza Cofini, PhD | University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy |
| Md Moyazzem Hossain PhD | Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Bangladesh |
| Osaro Mgbere, PhD, MS, MPH | University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA |
| Tanya Dobriyal | Sage Publishing, Dehradun, India |
| Dr Emily Banks | The Australian National University, Australia |
| Dr Olivier Bruyere | University of Liege, Belgium |
| Professor Nassib Bezerra Bueno | Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil |
| Dr Anita H Clayton | University of Virginia, USA |
| Dr Linda Ahenkorah Fondjo | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Ghana |
| Dr Caitlin Fox-Harding | Exercise Medicine Research Institute, Australia |
| Professor Ian Greer | Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK |
| Dr. Marybec Griffin | Rutgers School of Public Health, New Jersey, USA |
| Dr Neveen Hamdy | Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands |
| Professor Waguih W. IsHak | Cedars-Sinai and University of California (UCLA), USA |
| Jolaade Kalinowski | The University of Connecticut, USA |
| Dr Vik Khullar | St. Mary's Hospital, UK |
| Jessica Kiley, MD, MPH | Northwestern University, IL, USA |
| Professor Matteo Lambertini | University of Genova, Genova, Italy |
| Dr E Michael Lewiecki | New Mexico Clinical Research & Osteoporosis Center, USA |
| Professor Sphiwe Madiba | Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, South Africa |
| Dr Maurie Markman | Cancer Treatment Centers of America, USA |
| Dr Ida Martinelli | Angelo Bianchi Bonomi Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, Italy |
| Dr. Daniel Martingano | Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, NJ, USA |
| Linda May, MS, PhD | East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA |
| Dr Christine Morton | Stanford University, CA, USA |
| Professor Jorma Paavonen | University of Helsinki, Finland |
| Dr Santiago Palacios | Palacios Institute of Woman's Health, Spain |
| Dr Teri Pearlstein | Brown University, USA |
| Professor Lee P Shulman | Northwestern University, USA |
| Dr Michelle P Warren | Columbia University, USA |
| Dr Jacqueline L Wolf | Harvard University, USA |
| Professor Mark Woodward | The George Institute, Australia |
| Dr Rainer Zotz | Heinrich Heine University Medical Center, Germany |
| Shahinoor Akter, PHD | La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia |
| Halima Mohammed Albalushi, BSC, MD, PhD. | Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman |
| Farzaneh Ashrafinia, MD | Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Iran |
| Elham Askari, MD | Faghihi Hospital, Shiraz, Iran |
| Nicolae Bacalbasa, MD | University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Carol Davila Bucharest, Romania |
| Daniel Joseph E. Berdida, PhD, RN, RM | University of Santo Tomas, Philippines |
| Dr. Obasanjo Bolarinwa BSc, MSc, MSc GPH, FRSPH, FHEA | York St John University, London, United Kingdom |
| Lina Angélica Buitrago Reyes, MSc, PhD | Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Bogota, Colombia |
| Antonio Casas Barragán, PhD | University of Granada (UGR), Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria (ibs.GRANADA), Granada, Spain |
| Pratip Chakraborty, PhD | Institute of Reproductive Medicine, India |
| Vivian Chia-Rong Hsieh, PhD, MSc | China Medical University, Taiwan |
| Corliss D. Heath, PhD, MPH | Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HIV/AIDS Bureau in Rockville, USA |
| Zoe Davey, PhD | Oxford Institute of Applied Health Research, Oxford Brookes University, UK |
| Lance De Barry, MD | San Fernando General Hospital, South West Regional Health Authority, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Beth Desaretz Chiatti, PhD, MSN, RN, CTN-B, CGNC, FFNMRCSI, FTNSS | College of Nursing and Health Professions, Drexel University, Philadelphia, US |
| Thiago Fernandes, PhD | Federal University of Paraiba, Brazil |
| Madelon L. Finkel, Ph.D | The Madelon Global Health Foundation, USA |
| Ourlad Alzeus Gaddi Tantengco, MD, PhD | University of the Philippines Manila, Philippines |
| Dolina Gencheva, MD, PhD | Medical University of Plovdiv, First Department of Internal Diseases, Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
| Hadeel Ghazzawi, PhD | The University of Jordan, Jordan |
| Vincenza Gianfredi, MDPH, PhD. | University of Milan, Italy |
| Dr. Mariangela Gomez F. | University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA |
| Elona Greca, MD, PGDip | Larkin Community Hospital, Miami, FL, US |
| Frances Grimstad, MD, MS | Boston Children’s Hospital, USA |
| Prof. Roberta Gualtierotti, MD, PhD | Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy |
| Aklilu Habte, MPh | Wachemo University, Hosanna, Ethiopia |
| Dereje Haile, MPH | Wolaita Sodo University, Ethiopia |
| Mickiale Hailu Tekle, MSc | College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dire Dawa University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia |
| Hsuan-Man Hung, PhD., RN | Department of Second-Degree BS in Nursing, Fooyin University Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
| Merin Jose, MD | Oregon Health and Science University, USA |
| Jenny Jung ,MPH | Women’s, Children's and Adolescents’ Health Program, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia |
| Assoc Prof Esra Keles, MD, PhD | University of Health Sciences, Kartal Dr Lutfi Kirdar City Hospital,Turkey |
| Triana Kesuma Dewi, MSc, PhD | Airlangga University, Indonesia |
| Amjad Khan, PhD, Postdoc | Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Zeba Khanam, MS, FICMCH, FMAS | VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India |
| Khawla Nuseir, PhD | Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan |
| Iwaho Kikuchi, MD, PhD | Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan |
| Shana J. Kim, MSc | University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada |
| Alessandro Libretti, MD | University Hospital Maggiore della Carità, Novara, Italy |
| Molly M. Jacobs, MS, PhD | College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, FL, US |
| Lauren M. Postlewait, MD, FACS | Grady Memorial Hospital, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA |
| Hisham Mamdouh Haggag, PhD | Cairo University, Egypt |
| Bharti Manwani, MD, PhD | UTHealth Houston, Texas, USA |
| Salima Meherali, PhD, RN | University of Alberta, USA |
| Roma Mehta, MD | UT Southwestern Medical Center, Texas, US |
| Carmela Mento, PhD | University of Messina, Italy |
| Firoozeh Mirzaee, PhD | Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Iran |
| Norhasmah Mohd Zain, PhD | Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia |
| Mubarick Nungbaso Asumah, Mphil, BsN, RGN | Nurses and Midwives Training College Tamale, Ghana |
| Hafize OZTURK CAN-RN, PhD | Ege University Faculty of health Sciences, Turkey |
| S. Yasamin Parvar, MD, MPH | Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran |
| Sophie Rees, PhD | University of Bristol, UK |
| Dr. Luca Roncati, MD-PhD, DMLS | Link Campus University, Rome, Italy |
| Stefania Saponara, MD, PhD | University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy |
| Antigoni Sarantaki, PhD | University of West Attica, Greece |
| Vladut Sasaran, MD, PhD | George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Tîrgu Mure?, Romania |
| Giuseppe Scibilia | Hospital "Giovanni Paolo II", Italy |
| Grace Sheehy, PhD | IPAS, USA |
| Jie Shen, PhD | University of Virginia, USA |
| Yun Shen, MD | Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana, US |
| Dr Sara Shishehgar, RN, BMid, MSc, PhD | School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Australia |
| Saeed Soliman, MD, FRCGP | Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt |
| Intira Sriprasert, MD, PhD | Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, USA |
| Rosnah Sutan, MD | The National University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Kristin King Sznajder ,PhD | Penn State College of Medicine, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Deborah Tolulope Esan, RN, RM, RPHN, BNSc, MPH, PhD | College of Health Sciences, Bowen University, Iwo, Nigeria |
| Wen Tu, PhD | University of Utah College of Nursing, US |
| Maria Vernet-Tomas, MD, PhD | Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain |
| Senahara Wake | Ambo University, Ethiopia |
| Mitiku Wale Muluneh, MSc | Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia |
| Wei Wang, BMed, DSc | Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway |
| Pamela J. Wright, PhD, MS, MEd, RN, CEN | University of South Carolina, USA |
| Zemenu Yohannes, BSc,MSc | Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia |
| Kornelia Zareba, MD, PhD | College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates |
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