Focus and Scope

Scope and Topics

MIJ invites original empirical research, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, clinical case reports, and translational health communications. Key areas of focus include, but are not limited to:

• Integrative Clinical Practice & Therapies: Evidence-based complementary medicine, phytotherapy, acupuncture, mind-body interventions, lifestyle medicine, and integrative clinical protocols across specialties (oncology, cardiology, neurology, and pain management).

• Herbal Medicine & Natural Product Pharmacology: Pharmacognosy, bioactive compound isolation, mechanistic pharmacology, safety profiling, and herb-drug interaction dynamics.

• Whole-Person Health & Systems Biology: Psychoneuroimmunology, gut-brain axis interactions, metabolic network regulation, and lifestyle-driven biological adaptation.

• Preventive, Functional & Regenerative Medicine: Functional biomarkers, nutritional interventions, chronic disease reversal frameworks, restorative therapies, and longevity sciences.

• Integrative Health Policy & Healthcare Quality: Patient-centered outcomes research, healthcare provider education in integrative care, safety monitoring, regulatory standards, and interprofessional clinical collaboration.