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Global Health & Medicine（GHM）

GHM is an international, open-access, peer-reviewed journal published by the Japan Institute for Health Security (JIHS). Issued bimonthly in both print and electronic formats (Print ISSN: 2434-9186; Online ISSN: 2434-9194), the journal launched its inaugural issue in October 2019. Articles published in GHM span the fields of global health, public health, and health care delivery, and include seminal and cutting-edge research at the intersection of biomedical science and clinical practice. Articles published in GHM are indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, PubMed/PMC, and Scopus. The journal currently holds an Impact Factor of 1.4 and a CiteScore of 3.1.

【The latest issue (Vol. 7, No. 6, December 2025)】

• Converging threats: The intersection of seasonal influenza surges and zoonotic highly pathogenic avian influenza (China)
• Surgical treatments for early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma: Resection versus transplantation (Japan & Switzerland)
• Improved prognostic predictability of the latest Japanese TNM Classification in patients undergoing resection for distal cholangiocarcinoma (Japan)
• The impact of healthy lifestyles on cognitive function in community-dwelling older adults: A cross-sectional study in Shanghai, China (China)
• Survey and analysis of sleep status among community-dwelling elderly diabetics: A cross-sectional study in Shanghai, China (China)
• Responding to a super-aged society: A community-based model for early frailty detection using AI and smart meter data – Insights from Japan (Japan)
• Prevalence and risk factors of tuberculosis among slum dwellers and unhoused individuals in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: Insights from a pilot study (Japan & Vietnam)
• Optimization of cefepime dosage regimens for Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in Japanese patients based on a pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic analysis considering efficacy and safety: Is a 6 g daily dose and continuous infusion necessary? (Japan)
• Breast cancer screening challenges in women with breast augmentation: Evidence from a comprehensive health checkup program (Japan)

Current Issue:
https://www.globalhealthmedicine.com/?issues=2025%2C6
Whole Issue (PDF):
https://www.globalhealthmedicine.com/site/archives.html
PubMed:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=%22Glob+Health+Med%22%5Bjour%5D&sort=date

GHM Open

GHM Open (Print ISSN 2436-293X, Online ISSN 2436-2956) is an international, open-access, peer-reviewed journal originally published by the National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM) in August 2021. As the second international academic journal of NCGM (now the Japan Institute for Health Security, JIHS), the Journal aims to foster a global network for sharing advances in basic and clinical science to inform practice. All articles are fully indexed in PubMed/PMC.

【The latest issue (Vol. 5, No. 1, July 2025)】

• Evaluation frameworks for technology transfer projects: Lessons from Japan's global growth of medical technologies initiatives in low- and middle-income countries (Japan)
• A scoping review on mindfulness-based interventions for families of patients with advanced cancer (Japan)
• The impact of a health education program on cervical cancer screening uptake: A survey among primary school teachers in Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Japan & Cambodia)
• Factors associated with withholding of invasive mechanical ventilation in the early phase of the COVID-19 response and their ethical analyses (Japan)
• The frequency of peripheral blood eosinophilia and its clinical significance in patients with dermatomyositis (Japan)
• Paraganglioma of the spermatic cord: A rare tumor with unique imaging findings and diagnostic challenges (Japan)
• A fatal case of pyogenic spondylitis rapidly progressing to epidural abscess caused by a novel ST-type methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus ST9378 (Japan)
• From prototype to implementation: Development of the DMIST scoring system for monitoring diabetic foot ulcers (Japan & USA)
• A path analysis of factors influencing life satisfaction among patients with narcolepsy in Japan (Japan)
• Comprehensive multidisciplinary approach in the long-term hospitalization of a child with obsessive – compulsive disorder and autism spectrum disorder: Emphasizing nursing practice (Japan)
• The Academic Research Organization Alliance for Southeast and East Asia (ARISE) in the new era: An international trials network towards pandemic preparedness (Japan)
• Seven-year experience in pathology capacity development project including education for pathology residents and pathology technologists in Cambodia: Challenges and opportunities (Japan & Cambodia)

Current Issue:
https://ghmopen.com/?issues=2025%2C1
Whole Issue (PDF):
https://ghmopen.com/site/archives.html
PubMed:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=%22GHM+Open%22%5Bjour%5D&sort=pubdate