Payesh

Aims & Scope

Payesh (A Persian word that means monitoring) is a bimonthly double-blind peer-reviewed Open Access journal owned & managed by the Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research (IHSR), published from 2002 onward in Persian with abstracts in English.

Payesh (Health Monitoring) journal focuses on collaboration among researchers, health professionals and community as the key to sharing knowledge, experiences and thus improving public's health.

The Journal publishes papers that describe and evaluate a holistic, systemic view of health, illness, and model of health system.

This journal would serve as a suitable reflection of the activities carried out by the researchers in health sciences.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, Nursing and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Preservation url
• Apc url

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Medicine, Nursing and Social Sciences, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Implementation of integrated management of non-communicable disease prevention and control in Iran: A proposal

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Behzad, Alireza

• A practical model for health policy making and analysis

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Ali Mohamad

• Succession planning success factors in a hospital: A case study

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Masoud, Ali Mohammad, Mohammad Javad, Seyed Pouria

• Attempting suicide by Adolescents: A qualitative study

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Hamed, Mohammad-Rafi

• Evaluation of psychometric properties of the Persian version of the short form of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ-18)

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Hamid, Ali

• Inequality in distribution of physician and general practitioner in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran (2009-2017)

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Mahdi, Simin

• Facilitators to health policy and management knowledge translation: A scoping review

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Ali, Parvaneh

• The status of patient safety culture in Iranian hospitals: a systematic review

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Mahzad, Sanaz, Keyvan, Solmaz, Farhad, Hosein

• Medical tourism: Reasons for choosing Iran

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Ali Mohammad, Mehregan

• Evaluating the quality of Covid-19 related information on the website of the Iran Ministry of Health and Medical Education

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Fatemehzahra, Susan, Somayeh