Journal of Osteoporosis and Physical Activity
Open Access

About the Journal

Index Copernicus Value 2015: 75.04

Journal of Osteoporosis and Physical Activity publishes updated scholarly information on osteoporosis from wide range of geographies across the world. Being a global peer-reviewed open-access journal, the articles attract wider audience. The journals main purpose is to addresses some of the recent challenges such as ‘length of hospital stay’; mortality and morbidity associated with osteoporotic fractures and elucidate the role of osteoporosis studies in main stream health care system and health policy.

The journal forms an international platform for sharing and exchange of knowledge emancipating from osteoporosis and physical activity studies among academicians, researchers and health care professionals.

The journal produces regular issues apart from International conference proceedings and special issues dealing with fitness, advanced treatment approaches for osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, osteomalacia, osteomyelitis, osteosarcoma and sports science.

Fast Editorial Review Process

Journal of Osteoporosis and Physical Activity is participating in the Fast Editorial Execution and Review Process (FEE-Review Process) with an additional prepayment of $99 apart from the regular article processing fee. Fast Editorial Execution and Review Process is a special service for the article that enables it to get a faster response in the pre-review stage from the handling editor as well as a review from the reviewer. An author can get a faster response of pre-review maximum in 3 days since submission, and a review process by the reviewer maximum in 5 days, followed by revision/publication in 2 days. If the article gets notified for revision by the handling editor, then it will take another 5 days for external review by the previous reviewer or alternative reviewer.

Acceptance of manuscripts is driven entirely by handling editorial team considerations and independent peer-review, ensuring the highest standards are maintained no matter the route to regular peer-reviewed publication or a fast editorial review process. The handling editor and the article contributor are responsible for adhering to scientific standards. The article FEE-Review process of $99 will not be refunded even if the article is rejected or withdrawn for publication.

The corresponding author or institution/organization is responsible for making the manuscript FEE-Review Process payment. The additional FEE-Review Process payment covers the fast review processing and quick editorial decisions, and regular article publication covers the preparation in various formats for online publication, securing full-text inclusion in a number of permanent archives like HTML, XML, and PDF, and feeding to different indexing agencies.