About the Journal

Journal of Women's Reproductive Health advances clinical outcomes, patient care, and evidence based OB-GYN practice.

JWRH aligns to a broad women's reproductive health and OB-GYN mandate that emphasizes clinical care, patient outcomes, and real world impact. We welcome research that improves maternal health, gynecologic care, fertility and family planning, sexual and reproductive medicine, and health equity. This scope prioritizes practice relevant evidence and avoids narrowly mechanistic framing.

We actively publish work that advances clinical decision making, enhances patient experience, and improves outcomes for women across adolescence, reproductive years, and menopause.

JWRH emphasizes clinical outcomes, patient safety, and care quality. We prioritize studies that report meaningful endpoints, treatment effectiveness, and patient reported outcomes. Evidence based guidelines, clinical trials, and practice improvements that strengthen care pathways are strongly encouraged.

We also publish implementation research that shows how clinical evidence can be integrated into real world OB-GYN practice settings, including community clinics, hospitals, and resource limited environments.

Clinical outcomes at JWRH include maternal and neonatal morbidity, fertility outcomes, symptom improvement, quality of life measures, and patient experience. We welcome studies that explicitly link interventions to improved patient care, reduced complications, or more equitable access to reproductive health services.

JWRH aligns with the broader OB-GYN and sexual and reproductive medicine direction. We publish research across pregnancy care, gynecology, reproductive endocrinology, sexual health, and fertility management. Manuscripts should connect evidence to patient centered care and clarify how findings improve clinical decision making.

• Evidence based prenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum care models.
• Infertility evaluation, assisted reproduction, and fertility preservation.
• Contraceptive counseling, shared decision making, and access strategies.
• Sexual health, STI prevention, and reproductive life planning.
• Menopause care and midlife health outcomes.

We encourage work that improves the delivery of women's health services, including care coordination, telehealth integration, and multidisciplinary models that address complex reproductive health needs. Studies that evaluate patient navigation, referral pathways, or service redesign are particularly relevant when outcomes are documented.

Submissions may address clinical workflows, patient access, and care integration between OB-GYN, primary care, mental health, and specialty services, with an emphasis on measurable patient outcomes.

Randomized trials, pragmatic trials, and comparative effectiveness studies are core to our scope when they address real world clinical questions. Systematic reviews and meta analyses should focus on practice relevant outcomes and identify actionable recommendations for clinical care.

We also welcome high quality observational research and registries that provide outcome data for underrepresented populations or emerging care practices.

Patient safety is a central concern in reproductive health care. JWRH publishes quality improvement research, safety interventions, and protocol evaluations that reduce adverse outcomes and improve patient experience.

• Maternal safety bundles, hemorrhage protocols, and hypertensive disorder management.
• Quality improvement initiatives with measurable outcome changes.
• Interventions that improve patient communication and shared decision making.

Women's reproductive health is shaped by social determinants, access, and policy. JWRH welcomes research on health equity, community based interventions, public health programs, and epidemiology that influence reproductive outcomes. Work that addresses underserved populations, access barriers, and culturally responsive care is central to our mission.

• Maternal mortality and morbidity reduction initiatives.
• Population studies on reproductive health outcomes and disparities.
• Public health interventions and health systems research.
• Policy evaluation relevant to women's health and reproductive rights.

We encourage submissions that include patient engagement, community partnerships, and lived experience perspectives when studying equity, access, or care redesign.

JWRH is committed to reproductive health. We welcome research from diverse geographic regions and care settings, including rural clinics, community health programs, and low resource health systems. Studies should present practical solutions, scalable interventions, and outcomes that improve care in real world contexts.

Global health submissions should highlight how findings can be adapted across settings and what policy or system changes are needed to sustain patient outcomes.

JWRH publishes original research, clinical trials, systematic reviews, meta analyses, evidence based guidelines, clinical case reports with clear learning value, short communications, and perspectives that advance reproductive health practice. We encourage manuscripts that demonstrate clinical relevance and patient outcomes.

All submissions undergo editorial screening and peer review to ensure scientific rigor, ethics compliance, and patient safety. We follow COPE guidance and require ethics approvals, informed consent, and clear data availability statements. Reporting standards such as CONSORT, STROBE, and PRISMA are encouraged.

We prioritize transparency in study design, outcomes reporting, and conflict of interest declarations. Manuscripts should clearly describe patient populations, care settings, and outcome measures to support clinical interpretation.

Authors are encouraged to include data availability statements and to share data where appropriate and ethical. When data cannot be shared due to privacy or regulatory constraints, the manuscript should explain the restriction and describe access conditions.

Clear data reporting improves reproducibility, facilitates evidence synthesis, and supports the translation of research into practice.

JWRH publishes under open access so clinicians, researchers, and patients can access evidence without barriers. Structured metadata and DOI registration improve discoverability, and authors are encouraged to share findings with professional associations and clinical networks.

Open access accelerates knowledge translation in reproductive health, allowing clinicians to implement evidence and enabling patients to access information.

Our editorial office provides guidance on scope fit, reporting standards, and submission readiness. We aim to make the author experience clear, respectful, and efficient, with transparent communication at each step of the review process.

• Prompt acknowledgment and clear decision timelines.
• Support for ethical documentation and consent requirements.
• Optional language editing support for clarity.
• Guidance on data statements and repository use.

JWRH supports continuing education and professional development for clinicians and trainees. We welcome educational research that improves OB-GYN training, clinical competency, and patient communication when outcomes are documented.

Authors can submit via ManuscriptZone, the online submission form, or by email. The editorial office provides an acknowledgment within 72 hours and offers guidance on scope fit, formatting, and ethics requirements.

JWRH is guided by a multidisciplinary editorial board of OB-GYN clinicians, researchers, public health experts, and policy leaders. The board ensures each publication meets high standards of clinical relevance and ethical integrity. We welcome new reviewers and editors who can support a diverse and patient focused community.