Journal of Education and Health Promotion

Review process of the health scientific journals according to explanation of experts

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

. Hasan Ashrafi-Rizi
. Rahele Samouei

Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Reviewing articles are one of the most important methods for maintaining and
improving the scientific quality of research outputs, especially in the field of health and medicine,
and are often accompanied with various challenges.
AIM: The current study was carried out to Health Promotion in the Review Process of the Health
Scientific Journals according to Explanation of Experts.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study has a qualitative approach and was carried out using
the content analysis method. Data were gathered through semi‑structured interviews with experts
with direct and related experiences with health scientific journals including editors in chief, internal
managers, editorial boards, authors’ council and members of national journal commission with at
least 2 years of continuous related work experience in journals and review of at least 10 articles.
Sampling was carried out using purposeful snowball sampling, and data were analyzed using content
analysis method. Lincoln and Guba tests were used to determine the validity and reliability of the
analysis based on the following four criteria – credibility, transferability, certainty, and verifiability.
RESULTS: Experts’ opinions were categorized based on criteria for reviewer selection with three
dimensions of technical expertise, ethical behavior, and orientation and order; reviewer selection
methods including emphasis on others and emphasis on self; and review problems in the Iranian
Health Science and Research Journals including incentive system, reviewer characteristics, and
structural problems.
CONCLUSION: Findings of the current study are usable for all Iranian Health Scientific Journals,
editors, editors in chief, and internal managers as well as lawmakers in the area of scientific research.

Keywords

Articles
health promotion
health scientific journals
review process
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Journal of Education and Health Promotion
Volume 9, Issue 9
September 2019
Pages 1-6

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