About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The aim of this journal is to offer a platform for the dissemination of scientific and academic papers that address an interdisciplinary vision of women's health, both from the health and social sciences  with a feminist and gender perspective. Articles are also welcome to submit when dealing with an approach  of ethical and communicative relationship between health and society, both from a current and historical perspective. We want to have wide dissemination among the professional public, academics and society in general.

It has 3 sections:

Women and Families' Health

Ethical, Anthropologycal and Social Aspects of the Healthcare Relationship

Health Promotion and Health Education

Peer Review Process

The jornal MUSAS allows admissions — original texts only — for the following sections: originals and reviews. All texts, except Editorials,  are submitted to at least two external double-blind peer reviews, which are confidential and anonymous, and based on methodology and style. The Editorial Board evaluates the reviews received and sends them to the authors together with the provisional decision on: acceptance, rejection or  possible publication and instructions and/or changes that should be made (corrections, responses) and a definitive decision on its publication. The average time between sending an article and the answer after the first evaluation is approximately 4-6 weeks.
The Editorial Board entrusts the edition of the Editorial section to specialists.

Publication Frequency

This journal publishes 2 issues per year (bianually) in May and November.

Open Access Policy

This journal offers immediate free access to its contents based on the principle that making research freely available to the public promotes the global exchange of knowledge.

Declaration of publishing ethics and best practices

MUSAS subscribe the Declaration of publishing ethics and best practices for scientific journals published by the University of Barcelona.

The University of Barcelona promotes the open access publication of digital journals and endeavours to guarantee quality and conscientiousness in the transfer of scientific knowledge. The University is committed to ensuring that the articles it publishes and the publishing process itself observe the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). It is therefore essential that all of the stakeholders in this process—journal editors, reviewers, technical editors and authors—know and act according to the Code.

  • Journal editors should :

- ensure that the decision to publish is not dependent on the author’s race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnic origin, country of origin, citizenship or political persuasion;

- publish regular updates on the responsibilities of authors, submission requirements, the arbitration system used to select the articles and the evaluation criteria to be applied by reviewers;

publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when needed and not make use of any article received for UB-specific research assignments without the author’s consent;

- guarantee confidentiality during the review process, meaning (a) the anonymity of reviewers and authors and the confidentiality of the content of the articles, the reports submitted by reviewers and any other type of correspondence with or between the editorial, consultant and scientific committees and (b) confidentiality in the correspondence between the author and the journal committees or reviewers when the author wishes to clarify, change or complain about some aspect of the article;

- make certain that the integrity of articles already published is respected;

- act swiftly to eliminate from the journal or refuse to publish any article that has been found to plagiarise information from other sources.

  • Authors should

- understand that they are responsible for all submitted content;

- notify the journal editors of any errors in their published articles so that the appropriate corrections can be made;.

- guarantee that the article and associated materials are original and do not infringe on the rights of third-party authors and, when there are co-authors, guarantee that the consent of all the authors is obtained before the article goes to press.

  • Reviewers and technical editors should

- apply revisions that are objective, informed, critical, constructive and unbiased, where acceptance or rejection is based only on the work’s relevance, originality, interest to the public in question and compliance with the style and content regulations in the evaluation criteria;

- meet deadlines when this is possible and promptly inform the journal editor when it is not;

- avoid sharing, spreading or reproducing any information from articles still under review without permission from the corresponding journal editors or authors.

Journal History

The journal provides a forum for the dissemination of scientific and academic issues addressing an interdisciplinary view of the health of women and families. Articles are also welcome to submit when dealing an approach of ethical and communicative relationship between health and society