Rolling call · Prevention research · No unverified deadline
Research that tests how prevention works
JPMC considers prevention-focused manuscripts on a rolling basis. The journal is seeking clearly designed studies that identify preventable risk, evaluate intervention, improve early detection, or strengthen preventive care and population health.
Prevention questions in scope
Topic alone is insufficient. The manuscript should identify the prevention pathway, study population, outcome, and decision context.
Risk reduction
Behavioural, environmental, occupational, social, or health-system interventions that reduce preventable risk.
Screening and early detection
Programme performance, uptake, accuracy, harms, follow-up pathways, equity, and implementation.
Preventive and primary care
Care models, clinical prevention, vaccination, counselling, risk assessment, and continuity across services.
Population and community health
Epidemiology, health promotion, community programmes, disparities, social determinants, and prevention policy.
Implementation and services
Feasibility, fidelity, reach, adoption, sustainability, resource use, and system-level improvement.
Digital prevention
Technology-enabled prevention or monitoring when evaluated against a defined health, access, equity, or implementation outcome.
What editors and reviewers need to see
The journal values relevance, but relevance cannot substitute for a defensible design, transparent analysis, ethical conduct, and conclusions proportionate to the evidence.
Defined prevention mechanism
Explain how the exposure, intervention, service, or policy could change a prevention outcome.
Fit-for-purpose methods
Match design and analysis to the question; report uncertainty, missing data, bias, confounding, and limitations.
Ethics and reporting
Provide approvals, consent, registration, data-availability information, and the applicable reporting checklist.
Responsible interpretation
Do not convert association into causation or present publication as clinical or policy endorsement.
Article formats
The rolling call uses the journal's four supported categories.
| Format | Suitable contribution | Indicative length |
|---|---|---|
| Original research | Primary quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods prevention research | 3,000–6,000 words |
| Systematic review | Reproducible evidence synthesis with risk-of-bias assessment | 4,000–8,000 words |
| Programme evaluation | Implementation, performance, outcomes, and lessons from a defined prevention programme | 2,500–5,000 words |
| Brief report | A focused, complete analysis suited to concise presentation | 1,500–2,500 words |
Submission readiness
- The prevention question and journal fit are explicit in the title, abstract, and cover letter.
- The study design, setting, population, intervention or exposure, and outcomes are defined.
- Ethics, consent, registration, data, funding, conflicts, author contributions, preprint, and AI-use statements are complete.
- Figures, tables, references, and reporting-guideline checklists are ready for evaluation.
- The authors understand the USD 1,800 APC is invoiced only after acceptance and does not affect the decision.
No deadline or special-status claim
This is a rolling journal call, not a time-limited Special Issue. No submission deadline or processing timetable is stated.
Does the manuscript meet the prevention-fit test?
Review the detailed Aims & Scope and author instructions before submitting the complete manuscript through ManuscriptZone.
Journal of Preventive Medicine and Care · ISSN 2474-3585 · Aims & Scope · Editorial Policies · APC