{"id":21069,"date":"2026-02-13T05:27:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T05:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.kgumsb.edu.bt\/?page_id=21069"},"modified":"2026-02-13T10:50:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T10:50:25","slug":"bhutan-health-journal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kgumsb.edu.bt\/index.php\/bhutan-health-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"Bhutan Health Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Bhutan Health Journal is the premier, peer-reviewed medical publication of Bhutan. Established in 2015 under the Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan (KGUMSB), it serves as a vital platform for clinicians, researchers, and health professionals to exchange knowledge and improve health outcomes both locally and globally.<\/span><br><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 2;\"><strong>Aims and Scope<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: var(--thim-font-body-font-size);\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 2;\">The main aim of this Journal is to improve the health sciences in Bhutan by providing a platform for Clinicians, Academicians, Researchers, and Health Professionals to share their research and academic work, ideas and experiences.<span style=\"font-size: var(--thim-font-body-font-size);\"><br><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 2;\">The BHJ promotes excellence in health sciences by publishing original research and academic work across a wide range of disciplines, including&nbsp;<em><span style=\"font-size: var(--thim-font-body-font-size);\">Clinical, Para-Clinical, Medical Education, Nursing and Midwifery, Traditional Medicine, Public Health, Health Policy, Planning and Financing, Hospital and Health Care&nbsp;<\/span>Management, Research and Publication Ethics as well as perspectives from various fields of health and social sciences to improve health in Bhutan and contribute to global exchange of knowledge<\/em>.<span style=\"font-size: var(--thim-font-body-font-size);\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Quick Facts<\/strong><\/span><br><\/p>\n\n<span style=\"text-align: justify;\">Frequency: Published bi-annually (May and November)<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"text-align: justify;\">Format: Available in both print and online editions.<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"text-align: justify;\">Governance: Led by an Editor-in-Chief (5-year tenure)<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"text-align: justify;\">Funding: Fully supported by KGUMSB and the Royal Government of Bhutan<\/span><br>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 2;\"><strong style=\"font-size: medium;\">Explore our full range of research and publications by visiting our online portal: <a href=\"https:\/\/bhj.com.bt\" target=\"_BLANK\">bhj.com.bt<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 2;\"><span style=\"font-size: var(--thim-font-body-font-size);\"><strong>Indexing and Visibility<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 2;\">To ensure global reach and academic rigor, BHJ is indexed in several prestigious databases<\/p>\n\n<span style=\"text-align: justify;\">Scopus<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"text-align: justify;\">DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"text-align: justify;\">Crossref Metadata<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"text-align: justify;\">Google Scholar<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"text-align: justify;\">Research4Life<\/span><br>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21069","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kgumsb.edu.bt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kgumsb.edu.bt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kgumsb.edu.bt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kgumsb.edu.bt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kgumsb.edu.bt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21069"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.kgumsb.edu.bt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21123,"href":"https:\/\/www.kgumsb.edu.bt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21069\/revisions\/21123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kgumsb.edu.bt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}