ABOUT IJMHS
The International Journal of Medical Humanities Studies (IJMHS) is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by HIEP Publishing House (Hong Kong). Professor MA Li, President of Southern Medical University, serves as Honorary Editor-in-Chief, and Professor WANG Zhongqiang of the same university serves as Editor-in-Chief.
Scope and Topics
IJMHS encourages interdisciplinary dialogue between the medical humanities and fields such as literature, language, history, philosophy, ethics, culture, the arts, education, communication, sociology, and anthropology. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
▪ Theories of the medical humanities
▪ History and culture of medicine
▪ Medical narratives and literature, including illness narratives and life writing
▪ Medical language, translation, and health communication
▪ Clinical humanities, patient experience, and care
▪ Medical ethics and bioethics
▪ Medical education and humanistic competencies
▪ Cross-cultural and global perspectives
▪ Artificial intelligence and digital health
The journal has no fixed thematic sections and welcomes submissions across and beyond these areas. Book reviews are also welcome on a rolling basis. We warmly invite scholars worldwide to contribute, explore new directions in medical humanities research, and help build an international platform for scholarly exchange.
Open Access Policy
IJMHS is a fully open access journal that provides immediate and permanent free access to all published content for all users worldwide without requiring any article processing charges (APCs) or subscription fees. All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, allowing unrestricted sharing, distribution, and reuse with proper attribution. Authors retain copyright of their work while granting the journal publishing rights. We support responsible scholarly sharing by permitting authors to deposit preprints in any repository without embargo and postprints immediately upon publication. This sustainable model maintains the highest standards of peer review and editorial quality while eliminating financial barriers to knowledge dissemination.
Disclaimer
The opinions expressed in the articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the journal or its publisher.
