About the Journal
Research and Reviews: A Journal of Health Professions [2277-6192(e)] is a peer-reviewed hybrid open access journal of engineering and scientific journals launched in 2011 and focused on the rapid publication of fundamental research papers in all areas concerning various current and forthcoming radical new health professions across the globe and the latest cutting edge advancements in healthcare.
Focus & Scope
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- Audiology: Diagnosis, prevention, and monitoring of hearing loss, aural rehabilitation, hearing aids, cochlear implants, hearing assistive technology, tinnitus, balance disorders, psychoacoustics, auditory function across the lifespan.
- Speech and Language Therapy: Speech production and perception, voice disorders, language development and disorders, chewing and swallowing disorders, anatomy and physiology of speech, communication in culturally and linguistically diverse populations.
- Occupational Therapy: Assistive technology, community rehabilitation, population-level interventions, validity of occupational therapy assessment tools, cultural issues in practice and education, knowledge translation, professional practice issues.
- Nutrition and Dietetics: Medical nutrition therapy, clinical and community nutrition, nutritional assessment and support, obesity and weight management, nutritional epidemiology, nutrigenomics, bioactive dietary components, food service management, nutrition policy.
- Clinical Chiropractic and Osteopathy: Musculoskeletal disorder management, spinal adjustment and mobilization, osteopathic manipulative treatment, neuromusculoskeletal medicine, dry needling, electrical muscle stimulation, therapeutic ultrasound, pain management.
- Psychology: Health and clinical psychology, neuropsychology, developmental and pediatric psychology, psychology of aging, addictive and eating behaviors, psycho-oncology, psychopathology, sport and performance psychology, psychological measurement.
- Clinical Laboratory Technology and Medical Laboratory Sciences: Clinical chemistry, hematology and immunohematology, medical microbiology, virology, mycology, and parasitology, molecular diagnostics and genetic testing, histopathology and cytology, urinalysis, transfusion medicine, laboratory informatics and management.
- Radiology and Ultrasound Technology: X-ray radiography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear medicine and PET, radiation oncology, sonography and echocardiography, Doppler and elastography, point-of-care ultrasound, transducer calibration and phantoms, imaging education.
- Cardiovascular Technology: Electrocardiography, cardiac electrophysiology, monitoring of heart rhythm disorders, implantable cardiac devices, hemodynamic assessment, functional cardiac imaging, anticoagulation management.
- Surgical Technology: Perioperative care, surgical instrumentation, robotic surgery, surgical simulation and training, performance metrics, telemedicine, technology support across surgical specialties.
- Interdisciplinary Clinical Studies, Assessment, and Outcomes: Biopsychosocial pain rehabilitation, outcome measurement, clinical trial design and management, phase I–III studies, case report form design, data auditing, statistical methods, ethical and regulatory issues, impact of trials on practice.
- Health Economics: Supply, demand, and utilization of health services, health financing, insurance and reimbursement, economic evaluation of interventions, economic consequences of illness, efficiency and equity in health policy.
- Healthcare System and Health Policy: Health care management and organization, operations management, health IT and mobile health, quality evaluation, patient safety, health workforce training, health disparities, health care in developing countries.
Keywords
Audiology, Speech-language pathology, Occupational therapy, Clinical nutrition, Medical laboratory science, Diagnostic imaging, Point-of-care ultrasound, Clinical trial design, Health economics, Healthcare management