General Information

Title: Health & Caring

Health & Caring is a peer-reviewed, scholarly, open access journal that publishes papers in areas relevant to non-medical health professions, particularly in the areas of clinical practice, education, and management. The journal creates a space for expanding the potential of non-medical health professions and for collaboration between these professions and with other related disciplines (e.g. medicine, sociology, bioethics, etc.). The journal accepts original, unpublished research papers that are characterized by timeliness and relevance of content.

ISSN: 2788-0931

Founded: 2022

Published: 2 times a year 

Distribution: online - open access (all content is free to the user)

Fees: Articles are published free of charge. All published articles are available for free on the journal's website.

Publisher: This is a professional and scientific journal of the Faculty of Health Studies of the University of Pardubice, the Department of Nursing of the Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia, and the Faculty of Health Studies of the Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem.

Aims and Scope:

The aim of the journal is to deepen the knowledge of readers and to disseminate new knowledge and results of medical research in non-medical health professions, especially in the areas of

- clinical practice,

- nursing,

- education,

- management,

- medical and health care ethics,

that are evidence-based.

Focus: all activities and competencies of the non-medical health professions

Geographical scope:

This journal focuses on the Central European context, with an emphasis on health care systems, practices, and innovations in countries such as Czechia, Slovakia, Poland, Austria, and their neighbors. We value the region’s unique contributions to non-medical health care and aim to highlight its evolving role in global discourse.

At the same time, we welcome perspectives from emerging regions in Europe and Asia, particularly those offering new insights or addressing underrepresented challenges. Contributions from Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia are especially encouraged.

Our goal is to foster inclusive, cross-regional dialogue that bridges local expertise with broader international developments.

The journal is intended for: nursing, midwifery, and other non-medical health professions in any job role

Archiving: For the digital archiving purposes the Health & Caring Journal uses the LOCKSS and CLOCKSS services.