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An independent international open-access publisher of peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals.

Last updated September 28, 2026

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Overview

Directive Publications is an independent, international open-access publisher of peer-reviewed medical and scientific research. According to its official website, the publisher operates a portfolio of subject-specialised journals spanning clinical medicine, biomedical sciences, life sciences, and applied sciences. Each journal carries its own subject identity, editorial board, and indexing profile, while being unified under a single publishing standard. The publisher states that it currently hosts 96 peer-reviewed journals and has published 729 articles, all made freely available under CC-BY open-access terms. The company positions itself around rigorous editorial standards, transparent peer review, and barrier-free access to scholarship. Every research article undergoes double-blind peer review by qualified experts, and the publisher states that its policies follow the principles and Core Practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). As a Crossref member, Directive Publications assigns a permanent Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to every article, and it exposes structured metadata via OAI-PMH and JATS XML for harvesting by indexing and discovery services. The publisher also states that it is indexed or discoverable through Crossref, OpenAlex, Google Scholar, ORCID, and OAI-PMH. Directive Publications describes its mission as accelerating the global exchange of trustworthy research by combining rigorous editorial standards, transparent peer review, and barrier-free access. It welcomes original research articles, reviews, case reports, and editorials that make a clear contribution to their field and meet its standards for methodological rigour and ethical conduct. Its audience includes researchers, clinicians, institutions, and the public worldwide. Among its featured journals are The Journal of Clinical Medicine (TJOCM, ISSN 2995-6315), the Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases (JOCD, ISSN 2831-3437), The European Journal of Cancer (TEJOC, ISSN 3064-6731), The American Journal of Public Health (TAJOPH, ISSN 3064-6677), the Journal of Immunology (JOI, ISSN 2995-861X), and Annals of Urology (AOU, ISSN 2767-2271). The publisher is registered with ISSN and describes itself as an open-access publisher advancing ethically governed research.

History

Directive Publications is an independent, international open-access publisher dedicated to advancing medical and scientific knowledge. It publishes rigorously peer-reviewed research across the clinical, biomedical, life, and applied sciences, making validated scholarship freely and permanently available to researchers, clinicians, institutions, and the public worldwide. The publisher describes its mission as accelerating the global exchange of trustworthy research by combining rigorous editorial standards, transparent peer review, and barrier-free access, and it frames the integrity of the scholarly record as a responsibility shared by authors, editors, reviewers, and publishers alike. The publisher operates a portfolio of subject-specialised journals in medicine and the sciences, each with its own editorial board and scope. It welcomes original research articles, reviews, case reports, and editorials that make a clear contribution to their field and meet its standards for methodological rigour and ethical conduct. Its editorial standards include independent peer review, with every research article undergoing double-blind assessment by qualified experts; publication ethics policies that follow the principles and Core Practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE); persistent identification through Crossref membership, with every article assigned a permanent Digital Object Identifier (DOI); and discoverability through structured metadata exposed via OAI-PMH and JATS XML for harvesting by indexing and discovery services. As of the information published on its official website, Directive Publications hosts 96 peer-reviewed journals and has published 729 articles, all made freely available under CC-BY open-access terms. The publisher states that it is a Crossref member and that its content is discoverable through Crossref, OpenAlex, Google Scholar, ORCID, and OAI-PMH. Its featured journals include The Journal of Clinical Medicine (TJOCM, ISSN 2995-6315), the Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases (JOCD, ISSN 2831-3437), The European Journal of Cancer (TEJOC, ISSN 3064-6731), The American Journal of Public Health (TAJOPH, ISSN 3064-6677), the Journal of Immunology (JOI, ISSN 2995-861X), and Annals of Urology (AOU, ISSN 2767-2271). Each journal carries its own subject identity, editorial board, and indexing, unified under one publishing standard. Wikidata classifies Directive Publications as an open-access academic publisher. The publisher presents itself as independent and international, with a portfolio spanning clinical, biomedical, life, and applied sciences. Its stated audience includes researchers, clinicians, institutions, and the public worldwide, and its stated goal is to make high-quality science discoverable, verifiable, and reusable.

Products and positioning

Independent international open-access publisher emphasising rigorous double-blind peer review, COPE-aligned publication ethics, Crossref DOI registration, and barrier-free access to validated scholarship.

  • The Journal of Clinical Medicine (TJOCM)

    Peer-reviewed, open-access clinical medicine journal. ISSN 2995-6315.

  • Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases (JOCD)

    Peer-reviewed, open-access cardiovascular journal. ISSN 2831-3437.

  • The European Journal of Cancer (TEJOC)

    Peer-reviewed, open-access oncology journal. ISSN 3064-6731.

  • The American Journal of Public Health (TAJOPH)

    Peer-reviewed, open-access public health journal. ISSN 3064-6677.

  • Journal of Immunology (JOI)

    Peer-reviewed, open-access immunology journal. ISSN 2995-861X.

  • Annals of Urology (AOU)

    Peer-reviewed, open-access urology journal. ISSN 2767-2271.

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