An international, open-access publisher of peer-reviewed medical and scientific research.
Directive Publications is an independent, international open-access publisher dedicated to advancing medical and scientific knowledge. We publish rigorously peer-reviewed research across the clinical, biomedical, life, and applied sciences, making validated scholarship freely and permanently available to researchers, clinicians, institutions, and the public worldwide.
Our mission is to accelerate the global exchange of trustworthy research by combining rigorous editorial standards, transparent peer review, and barrier-free access. We believe that high-quality science should be discoverable, verifiable, and reusable — and that the integrity of the scholarly record is a responsibility shared by authors, editors, reviewers, and publishers alike.
Our portfolio spans subject-specialised journals in medicine and the sciences, each with its own editorial board and scope. We welcome original research articles, reviews, case reports, and editorials that make a clear contribution to their field and meet our standards for methodological rigour and ethical conduct.
All articles are published open access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) licence. Authors retain copyright of their work, and readers are free to read, download, share, and build upon published articles with appropriate attribution.
We are committed to transparency, editorial independence, and the continuous improvement of our processes. We do not compromise editorial decisions for commercial considerations, and acceptance is never contingent on payment. Where errors or concerns arise, we act promptly and openly to correct the scholarly record.