The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia

Aims & Scope

The Lancet Regional Health – Southeast Asia promotes the advancement of clinical practice and health policy in Southeast Asia with the goal of improving health outcomes for all people regionally and globally.

We aspire to increase the quality of regional and national health research.

The journal is managed by local, experienced editors in Chennai, working in collaboration with our global editorial team.

We provide a platform for high-quality original research that advocates change in, or illuminates, clinical practice and health policy in Southeast Asia.

We invite submissions that are pertaining to regional health topics, including but not limited to infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases, child and adolescent health, maternal and reproductive health, mental health, universal health care, and healthy systems.

We publish a range of content types including Articles, Review, Comment, and Correspondence.

Learn more about the types of papers we publish.

The Lancet Regional Health – Southeast Asia is part of The Lancet Regional Health Global Initiative to advocate for health-care quality and access in all regions of the world.

The Lancet Regional Health is a suite of open access general medical journals publishing high-quality, evidence-based research focused on WHO's six regions of the world.

Our goal is to improve health outcomes by fostering the research agenda, clinical practice, and health policy, through a regional lens.

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)
• Web of Science
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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, 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
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

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

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 2,000.00 USD. Learn more.

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