Open Access for Africa: Open e-Journals

The aim of the site is to bring together in one place as many of the journals published in Africa as possible. Allowing easy access to academic abstracts from across the continent.

Aporia is a peer-reviewed, bilingual, and open access journal dedicated to scholarly debates in nursing and the health sciences. The journal is committed to a pluralistic view of science and to the blurring of boundaries between disciplines

BMC Nursing is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of nursing research, training, education and practice.

A peer-reviewed venue for Canadian nurses and researchers who work with Nursing Informatics to disseminate their research, essays, reviews, presentations, multimedia and other digital publishable materials on a global scale.

IJHPR seeks to promote intensive intellectual interactions among scholars and practitioners from Israel and other countries regarding all aspects of health policy, health services research, public health, health promotion, health economics, health care management, and the ethics, sociology, and political science of health care in Israel. The ultimate aim of these intellectual interactions is to contribute to the development of health policy in Israel and around the world.

Nursing Research and Practice is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research articles, review articles, and clinical studies in all areas of nursing.

OJIN is a peer-reviewed, online publication that addresses current topics affecting nursing practice, research, education, and the wider health care sector.

The Open Nursing Journal is an Open Access online journal, which publishes research articles, reviews, and letters in all areas of nursing.

A free access publication of Medscape that features articles focusing on advanced nursing practice.

A premier online resource for peer-reviewed information on dressing materials providing practical guidance on all aspects of wound management to health professionals worldwide.

A high-quality online journal which aims to bring to light the various clinical advancements and research developments attained over the world and thus help the specialty forge ahead. It is directed towards physicians and medical personnel undergoing training or working within the field of Emergency Medicine.

includes all aspects of pediatric medicine. The journal also covers health service and public health research that addresses primary care issues.

Journal of Medical Case Reports is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal that will consider any original case report that expands the field of general medical knowledge, and original research relating to case reports.

Patient Safety in Surgery is an open access, online journal that publishes articles on all issues related to safety and quality of patient care in surgery and surgical subspecialties.

PLOS Medicine gives the highest priority to papers on the conditions and risk factors that cause the greatest losses in years of healthy life worldwide.

BMC Public Health is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on the epidemiology of disease and the understanding of all aspects of public health.

BMJ Open is an online-only, open access general medical journal, dedicated to publishing medical research from all disciplines and therapeutic areas.

a peer reviewed, open access journal published monthly by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),

Emerging Themes in Epidemiology is an Open Access, peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research papers to promote debate and discussion on practical and theoretical aspects of epidemiology.

aims to provide a platform for the global research community to share their findings, insights and views about all aspects of the organisation of health research systems – including agenda setting, building health research capacity, and how research as a whole benefits decision makers and practitioners in health and related fields and society at large.

aims to disseminate research on health workforce policy, the health labour market, health workforce practice, development of knowledge tools and implementation mechanisms nationally and internationally; as well as specific features of the health workforce, such as the impact of management of health workers' performance and its link with health outcomes.

JIAS features articles on HIV-related topics from across all scientific disciplines, including but not limited to:
•Basic and biomedical sciences
•Behavioural sciences and epidemiology
•Clinical sciences
•Health economics and health policy
•Operations research and implementation sciences
•Social sciences and humanities, including political sciences and media

An open access, peer-reviewed, online journal encompassing all diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic aspects of trauma.

Journal established by the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. It is committed to promoting open exchange of information and knowledge among researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and others who strive to improve the health of the public through chronic disease prevention.

RB&E aims to act as a forum for the dissemination of results from excellent research in the reproductive sciences.

PLOS ONE features reports of original research from all disciplines within science and medicine.

Committed to rapid dissemination of novel discoveries in basic science and treatment of cancer. It was
founded by a group of scientists for cancer research and clinical academic oncologists from around the world, who
are devoted to the promotion and advancement of our understanding of the cancer and its treatment.

BMC Cancer is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of cancer research, including the pathophysiology, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancers.

Infectious Agents and Cancer is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal that encompasses all aspects of basic, clinical and translational research providing an insight into the association between chronic infections and cancer.

AJCD is an open access, online only journal that aims to
facilitate rapid publication and circulation of novel discoveries in basic and clinical sciences of cardiovascular diseases. It features multi-disciplinary researchers from any scientific discipline where the
primary focus of the research is to increase and integrate knowledge about etiology and molecular mechanisms of
cardiovascular and cardiovascular diseases with the ultimate aim of advancing the cure and prevention of this group of
diseases.

Open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of disorders of the heart and circulatory system, as well as related molecular and cell biology, genetics, pathophysiology, epidemiology, and controlled trials.

BMC Endocrine Disorders is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of endocrine disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.

Cardiology Research and Practice is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research articles, review articles, and clinical studies in all areas of cardiology.

Cardiovascular Diabetology considers manuscripts on all aspects of the diabetes/cardiovascular interrelationship and the dysmetabolic syndrome; this includes genetic, experimental, clinical, pharmacological, epidemiological, molecular biology and laboratory research.

An open access, peer-reviewed, online journal covering clinical, technological, experimental, biological, and molecular aspects of ultrasound applications in cardiovascular physiology and disease.

Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome publishes articles on all aspects of the pathophysiology of diabetes and metabolic syndrome.

A peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research articles, review articles, and clinical studies in all areas of hypertension.

A peer-reviewed, monthly publication that serves family practitioners, internists, and cardiologists by providing objective, up-to-date information and practical recommendations on the treatment of hypertension. As newer studies are completed, they are summarized and critiqued. Reviews of recent publications in other journals and original papers that focus on the clinical management of hypertension are featured. JCH is the official journal of the American Society of Hypertension, Inc.

World Journal of Cardiology (World J Cardiol, WJC, online ISSN 1949-8462, DOI: 10.4330) is a monthly peer-reviewed, online, open-access (OA), journal supported by an editorial board consisting of 350 experts in cardiology from 41 countries.

publishes commentaries, reviews, and research in all areas of intensive care and emergency medicine. Critical Care aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the intensive care field.

BMC Psychiatry is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of psychiatric disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.

is an open access, online journal that provides an international platform for rapid and comprehensive scientific communication on child and adolescent mental health across different cultural backgrounds.

Focuses on the latest mental health system research, policy and debates, as well as for articles with educational intent that will build capacity for mental health system research and development.

IJBNPA is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal devoted to furthering the understanding of the behavioral aspects of diet and physical activity.

The journal aims to encourage scientists and physicians of all fields to publish results that challenge current models, tenets or dogmas.

BMC Palliative Care is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on the clinical, scientific, ethical and policy issues, local and international, regarding all aspects of hospice and palliative care for the dying and for those with profound suffering related to chronic illness.

BMC Pediatrics is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of health care in neonates, children and adolescents, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology and epidemiology.

Considers articles on all aspects of the health and healthcare of adolescent girls and women, with a particular focus on the prevention, diagnosis and management of fertility disorders and diseases of gynecological and breast origin, as well as related genetics, pathophysiology, epidemiology, clinical reports and controlled trials.

A peer-reviewed online journal that will encompass all aspects of breastfeeding.

Reproductive Health is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal focusing on all aspects of human reproduction.