Journal of Health Science and Medical Research

(Formerly known as The Songklanagarind Medical Journal)

Journal of Health Science and Medical Research is an online, quarterly peer reviewed scientific journal published by Prince of Songkla University. This journal aims to publish original article, review article, case reports in all aspects of basic and applied medical and health sciences. Manuscripts submitted to Journal of Health Science and Medical Research will be accepted on the understanding that the author must not have previously submitted the paper to another journal or have published the material elsewhere. The journal does not charge for submission, processing or publication of manuscripts and even for color reproduction of photographs.

Frequency: 4 issues per year (Jan-Mar, Apr-Jun, Jul-Sep and Oct-Dec)

The Songklanagarind Medical Journal (continued as the Journal of Health Science and Medical Research (JHSMR)) was first established by Prof. Vicharn Panich in 1983, and has reached its 36th year with the last issue of January-March 2018. During these 36 years, the Songklanagarind Medical Journal has been through many developments and improvements. There have been altogether 9 editors-in-chief since the beginning:

Prof. Vicharn Panich	Vol. 1 No. 1 (1983) - Vol. 3 No. 4 (1985)
Prof. Saranatra Waikakul	Vol. 4 No. 1 (1986) - Vol. 6 No. 1 (1988)
Prof. Winyou Mitarnun	Vol. 6 No. 2 (1988) - Vol. 9 No. 4 (1991)
Assoc. Prof. Arnuparp Lekhakula	Vol. 10 No. 1 (1992) - Vol. 14 No. 4 (1996)
Prof. Nakornchai Phuenpathom	Vol. 15 No. 1 (1997) - Vol. 18 No. 1 (2000)
	Vol. 28 No. 3 (2010) - Vol. 30 No. 2 (2012)
	Vol. 31 No. 4 (2013) - Vol. 33 No. 2 (2015)
	Vol. 33 No. 3 (2015) - Vol. 34 No. 3 (2016)
Assoc. Prof. Vicha Charoonratana	Vol. 18 No. 2 (2000) - Vol. 26 No. 2 (2008)
Prof. Prayong Vachvanichsanong	Vol. 26 No. 3 (2008) - Vol. 28 No. 2 (2010)
Prof. Verapol Chandeying	Vol. 30 No. 3 (2012) - Vol. 31 No. 3 (2013)
Assoc. Prof. Jitti Hanprasertpong	Vol. 34 No. 4 (2016) - At present

In addition, the covers of Songklanagarind Medical Journal have changed during these times as follows

One of the missions of the Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University (one of Thailand’s National Research Universities) is to foster high-quality research. Accordingly, the Songklanagarind Medical Journal is an important tool to drive the mission to achieve this target.

Songklanagarind Medical Journal is an academic health science journal of Prince of Songkla University which has the goal to publicize and open opportunities for the submission of research or other academic topics, patient reports, interesting new scientific articles, suggestions, and new concepts which will be beneficial to medical professionals, public health workers, and any other readers interested in this field.

The Songklanagarind Medical Journal is indexed in the journal database of the Thai-Journal Citation Index Centre and was given a Thai-journal Impact Factor for the first time in 2002. The Songklanagarind Medical Journal was certifed as an academic journal (Tier 1) according to the journal quality assessment result announcement round 1, 1st time Year 2011. Currently, the Songklanagarind Medical Journal is certifed as an academic journal (Tier 1) according to the journal quality assessment results announcement round 3, Years 2015-2019. Also, the Songklanagarind Medical Journal is indexed in the ASEAN Citation Index (ACI) in the 1st time assessment Year 2014 for 41 journals.

From the next issue on, the name of the Songklanagarind Medical Journal will be changed to the Journal of Health Science and Medical Research, as well as aims to signifcantly move forward to be indexed in the international bibliometric databases, Scopus at last.

Reference: Hanprasertpong, J. (2018). Editorial Statement. Journal of Health Science and Medical Research, 36(1), 1-2. doi:10.31584/jhsmr.2018.36.2.2