About the Journal

The Journal of Hematology and Allied Sciences (JHAS) is an open-access peer-reviewed journal committed to publishing high-quality articles in the field of Clinical Hematology, Laboratory Hematology and Molecular Hematology. The journal is owned by the Bengal Society of Hematology (BSH), India and published by the Scientific Scholar.

Role of The Journal/Society

Editorial Process and Direction: The Bengal Society of Hematology (BSH) plays a central role in the editorial direction of the journal Journal of Hematology and Allied Sciences. Specifically:
Editorial Board Appointment: The Bengal Society of Hematology (BSH) appoints the Editor-in-Chief and oversees the composition of the editorial board.
Editorial Policy and Scope: The aims and scope of the journal are determined by the Bengal Society of Hematology (BSH) in consultation with the editorial board to ensure alignment with the Association’s mission and the needs for the community.
Peer Review Process and Final Decisions: The Editor-in-Chief, who is appointed by and reports to the Bengal Society of Hematology (BSH) manages the peer review process, makes final decisions on manuscripts, and ensures editorial independence and scientific integrity.
Strategic Direction: Major decisions regarding journal strategy, policy updates, or editorial initiatives are made under the guidance of the Bengal Society of Hematology (BSH) Executive Committee.

Role of Scientific Scholar

Scientific Scholar serves solely as the publishing partner, providing publishing infrastructure, manuscript management system, website hosting, copyediting, production, and distribution services to support the journal’s publication process. Scientific Scholar does not influence or participate in the editorial decisions or the peer review process.

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Hematology and Allied Sciences (JHAS) aims to publish the research works from clinicians/researchers to cover both laboratory and clinical hematology. There is a scope to publish different kinds of research works in the field of hematology from researchers from India and around the globe.

Audience

Our audience includes Researchers or practitioners from different disciples working in the field of hematology e.g.:- Clinical Hematology, Hemato-pathology, Pathology, Internal Medicine, Pediatric Medicine, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Nursing and Primary Care Physicians.

Review Process

JHAS has a highly rigorous peer-review process that makes sure that manuscripts are scientifically accurate, relevant, novel and important. Authors disclose all conflicts, affiliations and financial associations such that the published content is not biased.

Editorial Team

The editorial board comprises a panel of experts from various disciplines of medical and allied sciences to provide their expertise and guidance in maintaining the clarity of content and focus of the purpose for the journal.

About the Editor

Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Prakas Kumar Mandal
Professor
Department of Hematology,
N.R.S. Medical College & Hospital,
Kolkata- 700014, West Bengal, India
Email: editor@jhas-bsh.com; pkm.hem@gmail.com

Facts about the Journal

This is a peer reviewed journal published Tri-annual, follows a double-blind review process. Its open access model ensures worldwide visibility and boosts authors’ prominence in medical research.

Benefits

An article published in the journal can be viewed without a fee by readers all over the world. The author also gets to retain copyright to the article and the figures. This allows authors to extend their exposure in the world of medical research and get worldwide recognition for their work.

Abstracting and Indexing Information

The journal is registered with the following abstracting partners:
Google Scholar, ReadCube, CrossRef, Portico, EBSCO

Journal Ethics

The Journal of Hematology and Allied Sciences is committed to meeting and upholding the standards of ethical behavior at all stages of the publication process. We follow closely the industry associations, such as the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), that set standards and provide guidelines for best practices in order to meet these requirements. For a summary of our specific policies regarding duplicate publication, conflicts of interest, patient consent, etc., please visit our Ethical Guidelines section.

Plagiarism Policy

The journal uses plagiarism check software (iThenticate) on the Editor’s and Reviewer’s panel in the manuscript management system which is used to check and control Plagiarism for each article. Any manuscript, that is found to have plagiarism is rejected.

Archival Policy

We use PORTICO for our third-party repository for all articles published with us. All our articles are assigned a DOI number. We are members of https://crossref.org

Open Access Publication and Creative Commons Licensing

Journal of Hematology and Allied Sciences is an open-access journal, and manuscripts published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 License (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0), which allows others to remix, transform, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.

Ahead of Print Policy

Articles published online under the Ahead of Print model are considered published and can be cited and quoted using the DOI as the reference source. Journal of Hematology and Allied Sciences has a policy that changes will not be made after publication of an article without following accepted procedures for making corrections to the scientific record.

Subscription Information

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Publisher

Scientific Scholar (scientificscholar.com) is a well-respected scientific publisher that fully supports open access publishing models, Subscription and Society based journal models through its own in-house peer-review management system – EditorialAssist (journalmanagement.org).

With offices in both the USA and India, Scientific Scholar proudly serves a global research community.

The mission of the Scientific Scholar is “Share, Learn and Improve”.