Aims & Scope
The Journal of Womens Health Issues (JWHI) is a peer-reviewed, open access womens health journal published by Directive Publications, advancing rigorous, multidisciplinary scholarship across the female lifespan. The journal serves as a trusted, internationally accessible platform connecting obstetricians, gynecologists, maternal-fetal medicine specialists, primary care clinicians, epidemiologists, and public health researchers.
JWHI welcomes original research, systematic and narrative reviews, clinical case reports, and editorials spanning maternal and obstetric health (including maternal mortality, peripartum cardiomyopathy, uterine rupture, and caesarean section and VBAC outcomes), sexual and reproductive health, contraception, gynecologic disease and HPV-related cancer prevention, and womens cardiovascular and primary care across adolescence, pregnancy, midlife, and beyond.
We value sound methodology, including observational studies, clinical trials, qualitative research, and machine-learning approaches to risk prediction, alongside work addressing health equity and gender-based disparities. Submissions are evaluated for scientific rigor, clinical relevance, and reproducibility.
Every manuscript undergoes double-blind peer review. Accepted articles are published open access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) licence, with authors retaining copyright, and receive a permanent Crossref DOI. Content is discoverable through OpenAlex and Google Scholar and harvestable via our OAI-PMH endpoint, and the journal follows COPE ethical principles.
Subject Coverage
Journal of Women's Health Issues welcomes original research, reviews, and case reports across the following core areas:
Research Topics
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Articles
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A case report on partial perforation with the cu 375 postpartum intrauterine device
Frequently Asked Questions
What topics does the Journal of Womens Health Issues cover?
JWHI covers the full breadth of womens health, including maternal and obstetric health (maternal mortality, peripartum cardiomyopathy, uterine rupture, caesarean section and VBAC), sexual and reproductive health, contraception, gynecologic disease and HPV-related cancer prevention, and womens cardiovascular and primary care across the lifespan.
Who should publish in or read the Journal of Womens Health Issues?
The journal is intended for obstetricians, gynecologists, maternal-fetal medicine specialists, primary care and public health clinicians, midwives, epidemiologists, and researchers in reproductive and womens health who want their work openly accessible to a global, multidisciplinary audience.
How do I submit a manuscript to the Journal of Womens Health Issues?
Authors can submit original research, reviews, case reports, and editorials through the journal submission page on Directive Publications. Each submission should follow the author guidelines for formatting, ethics declarations, and reporting standards before being entered into double-blind peer review.
What types of articles does JWHI accept?
JWHI publishes original research articles, systematic and narrative reviews, clinical case reports (such as studies of postpartum intrauterine device complications or uterine rupture), and editorials addressing theoretical, methodological, translational, and applied aspects of womens health.
Is the Journal of Womens Health Issues open access and peer reviewed?
Yes. JWHI is a fully open access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal. Accepted articles are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 licence, authors retain copyright, and every article receives a permanent Crossref DOI for citability and long-term access.
Does the Journal of Womens Health Issues charge an article-processing fee?
As an open access journal, JWHI applies an article-processing charge only on acceptance, which supports peer review, production, DOI registration, and permanent hosting. Waivers and discounts are available; authors are encouraged to enquire about eligibility before or during submission.
How is the Journal of Womens Health Issues indexed and discovered?
Articles are assigned Crossref DOIs and are discoverable through OpenAlex and Google Scholar, with metadata exposed via an OAI-PMH endpoint for harvesting. As a new open access title, the journal is also working toward eligibility for further scholarly indexes such as DOAJ and PubMed Central.
How does peer review work at the Journal of Womens Health Issues?
Every submission undergoes double-blind peer review, in which author and reviewer identities are concealed to support impartial evaluation. Reviewers assess scientific rigor, clinical relevance, ethics compliance, and reproducibility, and the journal follows COPE principles for handling research and publication integrity.