Exploratory Research and Hypothesis in Medicine (ERHM) is dedicated to fostering scientific innovation by providing a unique platform for exploratory research and novel medical hypotheses. The journal accepts a wide range of topics, including innovative modalities and insightful theories related to the practice of medicine. The exploratory research published in ERHM does not necessarily need to be comprehensive and conclusive, but the study design must be rigorous, the methodologies must be robust, the results must be reproducible, and the hypothesis must be rational.

Topics of particular interest include but are not limited to:

• New methods and concepts in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of disease
• Novel discoveries in all diseases and disease mechanisms
• Risk and prognostic biomarkers
• Changes in clinical paradigms and treatment approaches
• Cutting-edge technologies that can help improve scientific understanding
• Preliminary findings that may change current thinking in a particular field

Exploratory Research and Hypothesis in Medicine (ERHM) adopts open access publishing model, and all articles are distributed under the terms of the CC BY-NC 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Under this license, anyone may copy, distribute, or reuse these articles for non-commercial purposes, provided the original work is properly cited. Manuscripts submitted for publication in an open access journal are subject to the same rigorous peer-review and quality control as in scholarly subscription journals.

ERHM recognizes the distinct advantages of using an open access publication model to timely disseminate innovative and important research findings. Unrestricted free access to our publications is anticipated to foster intellectual discourse across geographic and disciplinary boundaries. To support the success of our open access approach, we ensure the integrity and high quality of research published in our journal by practicing a rigorous peer review process and by following strict guidelines for ethics in publication and in conduct of the scientific process.

All manuscripts submitted to ERHM must meet the following criteria for publication:

• Topics with timely relevance to the general field or specialties in basic and clinical medicine;
• A must-have section of “hypothesis/ future direction/ prospect/ prediction” included for all research and review articles;
• Results and findings that have not been previously published elsewhere;
• Research performed with adherence to accepted global standards for ethics in the scientific process;
• Ethical reporting of data to protect the rights and privacy of study participants;
• Appropriate statistical analyses, with sufficient descriptions of all statistical methods used;
• Conclusions supported by the data presented;
• All funding sources and their roles cited;
• For clinical trials, the registration number cited;
• Manuscript written in standard American (US) English and formatted according to the journal-specific guidelines;
• No instances of textual plagiarism, including ‘text recycling/self-plagiarism”.

ERHM currently publishes 4 issues a year, in March, June, September and December.

ERHM Metrics

ERHM follows an open access publishing model. Revenue is generated through article processing charges, permissions, and reprints. Currently, the publication costs are covered by the publisher.