About the Journal

Journal of Infant, Child and Adolescent Health (JICAH) is a scientific, open access periodical published in accordance with independent, unbiased, and double-blinded peer-review principles. The journal, which is published in Turkish and English languages, is published triannually in April, August, and December.

The target audience of the journal is health professionals (midwifery, nursing, medicine, etc.) who provide services in the field of child health, academicians, clinical researchers, students, related professional and academic institutions and organizations.

Aims and Scope

Journal of Infant, Child and Adolescent Health (JICAH) is a scientific, open access periodical published in accordance with independent, unbiased, and double-blinded peer-review principles. The journal, which is published in Turkish and English languages, is published triannually in April, August, and December.

JICAH is aimed at healthy and sick individuals throughout life from birth to adolescence; It aims to contribute to the scientific world by publishing scientific studies in the form of meta-analysis and systematic review, original research article (qualitative, quantitative or mixed method), scale development and validity and reliability studies, case reports and case series.

The target audience of the journal is health professionals (midwifery, nursing, medicine, etc.) who provide services in the field of child health, academicians, clinical researchers, students, related professional and academic institutions and organizations.

JICAH is a peer-reviewed journal that aims to publish multidisciplinary studies focusing on the health care of newborns, children and adolescents and their families.

Among the topics covered by the journal are;

  • Newborn care,
  • Infant and child nutrition,
  • Growth and development in children,
  • Childhood immunization,
  • Nursing approaches in child and adolescent mental health,
  • Social pediatrics,
  • Care in acute and chronic diseases,
  • Disability
  • Palliative care in children,
  • Includes acute and chronic pain management.

The editorial and publication processes of the journal are shaped in accordance with the guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), Council of Science Editors (CSE), Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), European Association of Science Editors (EASE), and National Information Standards Organization (NISO). The journal is in conformity with the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (doaj.org/bestpractice).

Processing and publication are free of charge with the journal. No fees are requested from the authors at any point throughout the evaluation and publication process. All manuscripts must be submitted via the online submission system, which is available at https://jicah.com/index.php/pub/about/submissions. The journal guidelines, technical information, and the required forms are available on the journal’s web page.

Disclaimer
Statements or opinions expressed in the manuscripts published in the journal reflect the views of the author(s) and not the opinions of the editors, editorial board, and/or publisher; the editors, editorial board, and publisher disclaim any responsibility or liability for such materials.

Open Access Statement

JICAH is an open access publication, and the journal’s publication model is based on Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) declaration.  

Journal’s archive is available online, free of charge at https://jicah.com/index.php/pub/issue/archive. Authors retain the copyright of their published work in the JICAH. The journal’s content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 International License.  Such copyright permits third parties to copy, edit, share, distribute and reuse including for commercial purposes, provided that attribution and maintain the same license.

Editor: Emriye Hilal YAYAN
Address:Inonu University Faculty of Nursing, Malatya, Turkey
Email:  jicaheditor@gmail.com