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Call for papersThe 2026 special issue on Climate & Health is open for submissions.Learn more
All manuscripts must be prepared in English and are subject to a rigorous and fair peer-review process. Accepted papers will appear online within 3 weeks followed by printed in hard copy. The journal publishes the highest quality, original papers included but not limited to the fields:
Christina Bukari
The Ghanaian construction industry continues to experience challenges in project delivery, including cost overruns, delays, substandard workmanship, and ineffective knowledge sharing among stakeholders. These challenges highlight the need for a structured app…
Léon Bertrand Ngouo
Described as “indefinable”, but “indispensable” in its role as the ultimate goal of public action, the concept of “public interest” (“general interest” in French) has been the subject of fierce criticism in the literature. This article aims to shed light on t…
Qi Ouyang, Jiongyu Tang, Chuhan Peng, Nuoyu Wan
Against the backdrop of smart city construction and digital transformation of urban business, information disclosure has become a core link balancing corporate privacy protection with urban financial development, while smart financing drives high-quality urba…
Ayeda Mattar Al Hosani, Kesavan A/L Nallaluthan, Kamarul Bahari Bin Yaakub
The objective of this study was to examine the role of total quality management (TQM) practices in organizational performance (OP) of the healthcare industry in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). While considering TQM practices, this study addressed the role of…
Andrew Silungwe, Webrod Mufwambi, Shafiq Mohamed, Martha Mwaba, Victor Daka, Steward Mudenda, 1 1, 1 1
Background: Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are becoming increasingly common in higher education, but their use in African universities has not been quantitatively summarized. This study estimated the prevalence of AI use among students and academic staff…
Sulayman Ceesay, Matar Ceesay, Sheriff Ceesay
River transportation is a critical public good for socio-economic connectivity in riverine regions of developing nations. In The Gambia, particularly the Central River Region (CRR), it facilitates trade, access to services, and regional integration. However,…
Yaoxuan Li, Ming Lu, Juntong Lu, Zhuoran Li, Ying Li
With the rapid expansion of the new energy vehicle (NEV) market, charging and battery swapping have emerged as the two principal energy replenishment modes, and differences in consumer preferences toward these two options have attracted increasing attention f…
Bohang Zhang, Jianguo Wang
Spatial development intensity (SDI) is widely used to evaluate land development and human activity intensity in territorial space. With rapid global urbanization and industrialization, its measurement, regulation and sustainability have attracted extensive at…
Jiali Yang, Xiujuan Wang, May Chu, Shuai Wang
In an era marked by intensifying climate disasters, strengthening rural resilience has become a critical policy imperative for ensuring food security and sustainable agricultural development, as emphasized in China’s national strategic documents. This study e…
Yash Jani, Ameena Ali, Connie Koutsos, Aileen Poron, Victoria Salathe, Shing Ou, Anuj Shah, Kelly Frasier
Physician burnout increasingly reflects a structural consequence of economic models that reconfigure medical practice around metric-based performance, administrative surveillance, and cost containment. Contemporary health systems, particularly within privatiz…
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All manuscripts must be prepared in English and are subject to a rigorous and fair peer-review process. Accepted papers will appear online within 3 weeks followed by printed in hard copy. The journal publishes the highest quality, original papers included but not limited to the fields: All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
Authors submit their manuscript, metadata, and declarations through the portal. There is no submission fee.
The editorial office screens the manuscript for scope, completeness, and formatting before assigning a handling editor.
At least two independent reviewers evaluate the manuscript under single-blind review. Where revisions are required, authors respond point by point.
On acceptance the article processing charge is invoiced and the CC BY 4.0 copyright handover is signed.
The article is copyedited, typeset, and given a DOI, then publishes open access with a permanent link.
Manuscripts must be original and not under consideration elsewhere. Submit in Microsoft Word or LaTeX with figures at 300 dpi minimum. Structure research articles as Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and References.
Use the journal's numbered (Vancouver) reference style. Cite sources consecutively in the order they appear, and ensure every reference is complete and retrievable.
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