Modern Nursing and Public Health (ISSN 2084-4212; eISSN 2450-839X), known in Polish as Współczesne Pielęgniarstwo i Ochrona Zdrowia, is an international, double-anonymous peer-reviewed, fully open-access scientific journal dedicated to advancing rigorous and relevant scholarship in nursing, midwifery, public health, and related healthcare disciplines.

The Journal promotes the development, integration, and dissemination of scientific knowledge that informs nursing research, clinical practice, professional education, healthcare delivery, and health policy. It supports evidence-based practice and fosters critical discussion of contemporary challenges affecting patient care, health promotion, healthcare systems, and population health.

Modern Nursing and Public Health particularly welcomes original research, review articles, clinical case studies, methodological contributions, and interdisciplinary studies that advance the understanding of health-related phenomena and contribute to improving patient outcomes and healthcare quality. The Journal encourages quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods research employing rigorous and appropriate study designs, as well as scholarly contributions addressing methodological innovation, professional practice, and the organization of healthcare services.

All submissions undergo editorial screening and, when suitable, external double-anonymous peer review. The Journal operates under a Diamond Open Access model, ensuring immediate and unrestricted access to published scientific content without publication fees for authors or access charges for readers. Authors retain copyright in their work, and new articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. The Journal publishes manuscripts in English and Polish, supporting international scholarly communication while maintaining its contribution to the advancement of nursing and healthcare research in Poland.

The editorial principles of Modern Nursing and Public Health include:

• Rapid initial screening for suitability, scientific relevance, and compliance with editorial requirements.
• Rigorous external peer review, conducted through an independent double-anonymous evaluation process.
• Transparent editorial procedures, ensuring ethical oversight, fair manuscript assessment, and independent decision-making.
• Diamond Open Access publishing, without article processing charges, submission fees, or reader subscriptions.
• Protection of research integrity, supported by plagiarism screening and recognized publication ethics standards.
• Scholarly visibility and digital preservation, supporting long-term access, discoverability, and dissemination of published research.

Modern Nursing and Public Health is supported by an international scientific and editorial network representing diverse areas of nursing, midwifery, medicine, and health sciences. Its interdisciplinary orientation provides a forum for exchanging research findings, clinical experiences, and innovative approaches to healthcare. The Journal's readership includes nurses, midwives, clinicians, educators, researchers, healthcare managers, policymakers, and professionals engaged in nursing and public health.

External Rigorous Peer Review

Each submission to Modern Nursing and Public Health undergoes rigorous editorial quality control and external peer-review evaluation before a final editorial decision is made. The initial in-house assessment considers the manuscript's relevance to the Journal's aims and scope, scientific originality, methodological quality, ethical compliance, competing interests, financial disclosures, data availability, and adherence to the Journal's submission and reporting requirements.

Manuscripts considered suitable for further evaluation are assigned to at least two external, independent reviewers following a double-anonymous peer-review process, in which both authors and reviewers remain anonymous. Reviewers are selected according to their scientific expertise, independence, and ability to provide objective, constructive, and confidential assessments.

Reviewers may recommend acceptance without revision, acceptance following minor revisions, reconsideration following major revisions and further review, or rejection. Where revisions are required, authors are invited to submit a revised manuscript accompanied by a detailed response addressing the reviewers' and editors' comments.

To ensure the originality and integrity of the scientific record, all submitted manuscripts undergo plagiarism and similarity screening using Crossref Similarity Check (iThenticate). Similarity reports are evaluated by the Editorial Office in their appropriate scientific and contextual setting. A similarity score alone does not constitute evidence of plagiarism or determine the editorial outcome.

The Editors oversee the peer-review process and ensure that editorial decisions are based on scientific quality, originality, ethical compliance, and relevance to the Journal. The Editor-in-Chief retains full responsibility for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of each manuscript.

Open Access Policy

Modern Nursing and Public Health is a fully open-access journal operating under the Diamond Open Access publishing model. All newly published articles are made freely, immediately, and permanently available online without subscription barriers, registration requirements, or embargo periods.

The Journal does not charge authors article processing charges (APCs), submission fees, or publication fees. Readers may access, download, copy, share, distribute, print, search, link to, and reuse published content in accordance with the applicable Creative Commons licence.

Authors retain copyright in their original work and grant the Journal a non-exclusive right of first publication and the necessary non-exclusive rights to publish, disseminate, preserve, and make their articles publicly accessible. New articles are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence, which permits reuse, redistribution, adaptation, and reproduction in any medium or format, including commercial use, provided appropriate attribution is given to the original authors and source.

Authors are free to deposit and share their submitted manuscripts, accepted manuscripts, and published Versions of Record in institutional repositories, disciplinary repositories, personal academic webpages, and other scholarly platforms without embargo. Copyright and reuse conditions for articles published before adoption of the current policy remain subject to the agreements and permissions applicable to those publications.

For further details concerning copyright ownership, licensing, self-archiving, third-party material, and reuse permissions, please consult the Journal's Open Access Policy.

Publication Frequency

Modern Nursing and Public Health is published on a quarterly basis, with four issues released each year. Manuscripts are accepted for editorial consideration throughout the year through the Journal's online submission system.

Following acceptance, articles undergo the necessary editorial and production procedures and are assigned to an appropriate issue according to the Journal's publication schedule. Published articles are provided with bibliographic metadata and, where registered, a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), supporting persistent identification, citation, and scholarly discoverability.

Publication Fees

Modern Nursing and Public Health operates under a Diamond Open Access model and does not charge any fees to authors or readers for the submission, editorial evaluation, publication, or online access of scholarly articles.

The Journal does not charge:

• Article processing charges (APCs).
• Manuscript submission fees.
• Publication or acceptance fees.
• Page or article-length charges.
• Colour figure charges.
• Supplementary material publication fees.
• Online subscription or pay-per-view access fees.

Editorial decisions are independent of authors' financial circumstances. No payment is required or accepted in exchange for manuscript acceptance, favorable peer-review outcomes, or preferential editorial treatment.

Business Practices

Modern Nursing and Public Health operates in accordance with internationally recognized standards of transparency, accountability, and best practices in scholarly publishing. The Journal is committed to maintaining full editorial independence in line with the principles and recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Revenue Sources

The Journal is supported through its publishing and institutional arrangements. Additional financial or organizational support may derive from transparent academic partnerships, institutional sponsorship, professional organizations, research bodies, or other initiatives supporting scholarly communication.

The Journal does not generate revenue through article processing charges, manuscript submission fees, online subscriptions, pay-per-view access, or paid commercial advertising. All financial arrangements must be managed transparently and must not compromise editorial independence, scientific integrity, or the impartial evaluation of submitted manuscripts.

Sponsorship

The Journal may receive financial, institutional, or organizational support from academic institutions, research organizations, scientific societies, healthcare institutions, or other external partners. Such support must not influence the peer-review process, the selection of reviewers, editorial assessment, or decisions regarding manuscript acceptance and publication.

All editorial decisions are based exclusively on the scientific merit, originality, ethical compliance, methodological rigor, and relevance of submitted work. Sponsorship or institutional affiliation does not guarantee publication or confer preferential editorial treatment.

Editorial Independence

The Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board have full authority over editorial decisions, including manuscript assessment, reviewer selection, acceptance, rejection, and the management of corrections and retractions.

The publisher, sponsors, institutional partners, and other external parties have no authority to influence the peer-review process or the outcome of individual editorial decisions. Potential conflicts of interest involving editors, reviewers, authors, or supporting organizations must be disclosed and managed according to the Journal's editorial policies.

Direct Marketing

Any direct marketing or promotional communication undertaken on behalf of Modern Nursing and Public Health, including calls for papers, invitations to submit manuscripts, and announcements concerning special issues, must be truthful, professional, appropriately targeted, and unobtrusive.

The Journal does not engage in indiscriminate, persistent, or misleading mass-email solicitation. All communications must accurately represent the Journal's aims and scope, peer-review process, publication fees, open-access model, indexing status, and editorial services.

Submission invitations do not guarantee acceptance or preferential editorial treatment. All submitted manuscripts are subject to the Journal's standard editorial screening and peer-review procedures.

Recipients may request not to receive further promotional communications. Personal information used for journal communications is processed in accordance with the Journal's Privacy Policy and applicable data-protection legislation.

No Advertising Policy

Modern Nursing and Public Health does not accept, publish, or display paid commercial advertisements in its scholarly articles, issue files, or official journal website.

Journal announcements, calls for papers, special issue notices, scientific conference information, and communications concerning the Journal's own scholarly and editorial activities are not considered commercial advertising.

The absence of commercial advertising helps preserve a clear separation between the Journal's scholarly content and commercial interests. Editorial decisions are based exclusively on scientific quality, originality, ethical compliance, and relevance to the Journal's aims and scope.

Publication Ethics

Modern Nursing and Public Health is committed to the highest standards of publication ethics, research integrity, and responsible scholarly communication. The Journal expects authors, reviewers, and editors to comply with internationally recognized ethical principles and the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Research involving human participants must comply with applicable ethical requirements, including the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki, institutional ethics approval where required, informed consent, and appropriate protection of personal and clinical information. Animal research must comply with relevant ethical and regulatory requirements.

The Journal requires transparency regarding authorship contributions, funding, competing interests, data integrity, originality, and responsible reporting of research findings. Plagiarism, data fabrication, data falsification, inappropriate authorship practices, undisclosed conflicts of interest, and redundant publication are not acceptable.

The responsibilities of authors, reviewers, and editors, together with the procedures for managing suspected research and publication misconduct, are set out in the Journal's Editorial Policies.

The use of generative artificial intelligence and AI-assisted technologies in research, manuscript preparation, peer review, and editorial activities is governed by the Journal's Artificial Intelligence Policy.

Corrections and Retractions

In accordance with internationally recognized standards of scholarly publishing, Modern Nursing and Public Health is committed to maintaining the integrity, accuracy, and transparency of the scientific record. Published articles should remain accessible and unchanged to the greatest extent possible.

When significant errors, concerns regarding research integrity, or evidence of publication misconduct are identified, the Journal may publish corrections, expressions of concern, or retractions in accordance with the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Corrections

Corrections are issued when errors in a published article materially affect its accuracy, interpretation, or scholarly record without invalidating the overall reliability of its findings.

A correction notice will clearly identify the original article, describe the error and its correction, and be electronically linked to the published work. The original publication will remain accessible, and the correction will form part of the permanent scholarly record.

Retractions

In accordance with the Retraction Guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Modern Nursing and Public Health may retract a published article when:

• There is clear evidence that the findings are unreliable as a result of research misconduct, data fabrication, data falsification, or significant methodological or analytical errors.
• The findings have previously been published elsewhere without appropriate acknowledgement, cross-referencing, permission, or justification.
• The article contains plagiarism or other serious violations of publication integrity.
• The research was conducted or reported in violation of essential ethical requirements.
• Other serious circumstances undermine the reliability or legitimacy of the published scientific record.

A retraction is communicated through a formal retraction notice identifying the affected article and explaining the reasons for the decision. The notice will be linked to the original publication, which will remain accessible wherever legally and technically possible and will be clearly marked as retracted.

When an investigation is underway and concerns about the reliability or integrity of a published article remain unresolved, the Journal may issue an Expression of Concern to alert readers while the matter is being assessed.

Abstracting, Indexing, and Scholarly Visibility

Modern Nursing and Public Health (ISSN 2084-4212; eISSN 2450-839X) is committed to improving the international visibility, discoverability, accessibility, and citation of published scientific research.

The Journal has an established history of dissemination through national and international bibliographic resources, academic databases, library catalogues, and scholarly discovery platforms. As part of its transition to the Open Journal Systems (OJS) publishing platform, the Editorial Office is working to preserve the historical scientific record, improve the quality of publication metadata, and strengthen the discoverability of articles through appropriate scholarly services.

Historical Abstracting and Discovery Services

The Journal's previous website reported its inclusion, registration, or visibility in several scholarly resources, including:

• Index Copernicus International (ICI).
• Central European Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (CEJSH).
• Polish Medical Bibliography (PBL).
• Polish Scholarly Bibliography (PBN).
• Polish Scientific Journals Database (PSJD).
• Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE).
• OCLC WorldCat.
• International Academy of Nursing Editors (INANE).

The above information reflects the Journal's previously reported bibliographic and discovery history. It does not imply that current active coverage has been independently confirmed in every listed service.

Current Abstracting, Registration, and Discovery Services

The Editorial Office is reviewing and updating the Journal's bibliographic records across relevant indexing, abstracting, registration, and scholarly discovery services. Confirmed current coverage will be reported transparently, distinguishing between selective scientific indexing, bibliographic registration, citation databases, and general scholarly discovery platforms.

Digital Object Identifiers and Scholarly Metadata

The Journal is working to strengthen persistent identification and citation of its scientific publications through the registration and management of Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs), accurate article-level metadata, and improved interoperability with scholarly communication systems. Historical content is being progressively organized and migrated into the online archive to support long-term accessibility and bibliographic continuity.

Archiving

Modern Nursing and Public Health is committed to ensuring the long-term preservation, accessibility, and integrity of its published scientific content. The Journal adopts a digital preservation strategy based on recognized scholarly archiving systems and the preservation capabilities of Open Journal Systems (OJS).

The Journal's preservation framework includes the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN), a digital preservation service developed by the Public Knowledge Project for eligible journals using OJS. The PKP PN provides secure, distributed archiving designed to safeguard scholarly publications and maintain long-term access to their content.

The Journal also supports distributed preservation through the LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) framework, which enables participating libraries and preservation networks to maintain secure copies of scholarly content, protecting its availability in the event of technical failures, platform migrations, or interruptions of publishing services.

In accordance with the Journal's Diamond Open Access model, newly published articles are freely and immediately accessible online without embargo. Authors are permitted and encouraged to deposit their submitted manuscripts, accepted manuscripts, and published Versions of Record in institutional repositories, disciplinary repositories, and other scholarly platforms without embargo, in accordance with the applicable CC BY 4.0 licence and the rights governing any third-party material.

The Journal is also committed to preserving its historical archive as part of the migration to OJS, maintaining original bibliographic information and ensuring that any corrections, expressions of concern, or retractions are transparently recorded.

For full details concerning digital preservation, repository deposit, self-archiving rights, and long-term access to published content, please consult the Journal's Archiving Policy.