Oxton Science Journal exists to advance and disseminate rigorous scientific knowledge across disciplines, with particular attention to research that connects science to practice — in health, education, technology and management. The journal welcomes contributions from researchers at all career stages and from all regions of the world.

Thematic Scope

The journal considers manuscripts in the following areas, including interdisciplinary combinations of them:

• Health sciences: clinical research, public health, epidemiology, health promotion, nursing, medicine, physiotherapy, nutrition, psychology and allied fields;
• Sleep, pain and rehabilitation: sleep health and disorders, pain mechanisms and management, functional rehabilitation, human movement sciences;
• Human behavior: behavioral science, mental health, cognition, lifestyle and behavior change;
• Education: science education, health professions education, educational technologies, teaching and learning methodologies;
• Technology and innovation: applied technologies, digital health, data science applied to the journal's fields, instrumentation and validation studies;
• Health management: health services, policy, quality, safety and economic evaluation;
• Interdisciplinary research connecting two or more of the areas above.

Article Types Accepted

The journal publishes original articles, review articles (narrative, integrative, systematic, with or without meta-analysis), brief communications, case reports, study protocols, methodological papers, letters to the editor and invited editorials. Detailed requirements per type are described in the Article Types policy.

What Is Out of Scope

Manuscripts without identifiable scientific method, purely promotional content, and studies wholly unrelated to the thematic areas above are not considered and may be rejected at editorial screening without external review. Replication studies and studies with null results are welcome when methodologically sound.

Audience

The journal addresses researchers, educators, clinicians, health managers and graduate students seeking peer-reviewed, open access scientific literature with direct applicability to research and practice.