About the Journal
Our history and purpose
PRAXIS
Dominican Journal of Health Research
PRAXIS. Dominican Journal of Health Research is a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed, bilingual, and open-access scientific journal published by Editorial PRAXIS in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
The journal was founded out of a commitment to strengthening health research and the need to expand spaces devoted to producing, evaluating, communicating, and applying scientifically verifiable knowledge. PRAXIS promotes critical thinking, innovation, and evidence-informed decision-making.
From the Dominican Republic, the journal maintains an open outlook toward the Caribbean, Latin America, and the international scientific community, encouraging interdisciplinary and interinstitutional exchange across different health, educational, social, and cultural settings.
“PRAXIS builds a bridge between scientific knowledge and healthcare: a space that investigates, questions, innovates, and transforms evidence into better decisions for health.”
Starlin Javier Martínez García, M.Sc., BSN
Director and Founder
Journal history
PRAXIS began as a Dominican scientific publication committed to increasing the visibility of health research. As part of its editorial development, it progressively expanded its scope and became PRAXIS. Dominican Journal of Health Research, open to every health-science discipline and guided by scientific rigor, editorial ethics, and national and international outreach.
Focus and scope
PRAXIS publishes original research, review articles, clinical case reports, scientific essays, editorials, and letters to the editor. It welcomes quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods studies, as well as observational, experimental, methodological, diagnostic, implementation, and other research compatible with its editorial mission.
The journal welcomes contributions from medicine, public health, psychology, nutrition, dentistry, pharmacy, rehabilitation, biomedical sciences, diagnostics, healthcare management, health education, and related disciplines whenever they contribute relevant knowledge to research, practice, education, innovation, or health policy.
Editorial philosophy
Science
Knowledge production through methodological rigor, critical analysis, transparency, and reliable evidence.
Health
Responsible application of knowledge to the needs of individuals, communities, and health systems.
Impact
Translation of scientific findings into better practices, decisions, interventions, and health outcomes.
Mission and vision
Mission
To promote, evaluate, and disseminate rigorous, ethical, relevant, and accessible scientific knowledge in health while strengthening research, evidence-informed practice, innovation, academic education, and knowledge translation.
Vision
To become a leading Dominican scientific journal in health research, recognized for the quality of its publications, the integrity of its processes, and its contribution to the advancement of knowledge.
Thematic areas
PRAXIS organizes its multidisciplinary scope into five broad areas without limiting the consideration of relevant interdisciplinary research:
Health and Society
Public health, epidemiology, social determinants, community health, environment, work, management, and health policy.
Public health, epidemiology, social determinants, community health, environment, work, management, and health policy.
Clinical and Comprehensive Care
Prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, safety, and interdisciplinary care.
Prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, safety, and interdisciplinary care.
Biomedical Science and Diagnostics
Biomedicine, laboratory science, genetics, pathophysiology, imaging, biomarkers, and diagnostic methods.
Biomedicine, laboratory science, genetics, pathophysiology, imaging, biomarkers, and diagnostic methods.
Mind, Behavior and Well-being
Mental health, psychology, behavior, addictions, well-being, sleep, and quality of life.
Mental health, psychology, behavior, addictions, well-being, sleep, and quality of life.
Health Education and Professions
Education, competencies, simulation, assessment, professional development, and interprofessional practice.
Education, competencies, simulation, assessment, professional development, and interprofessional practice.
Institutional values
Scientific integrity, methodological rigor, ethics, editorial independence, transparency, equity, inclusion, innovation, collaboration, and social responsibility guide the evaluation, selection, publication, and dissemination of PRAXIS content.
Editorial information
| Publisher | Editorial PRAXIS |
| ISSN | 3117-2857 |
| Publication frequency | Semiannual |
| Languages | Spanish and English |
| Access | Open and free of charge |
| Evaluation | External double-anonymized peer review |
Our commitment
PRAXIS works to strengthen a scientific community capable of producing useful knowledge, communicating it responsibly, and transforming it into actions that improve the health of individuals and populations.
