Information For Librarians

Information For Librarians

Kota Kinabalu Journal of Public Health and Community Medicine (KKJPHCM) is an international open-access scholarly journal dedicated to advancing knowledge in public health, community medicine, and healthcare sciences. The journal supports librarians in providing reliable, high-quality academic resources for researchers, students, educators, healthcare professionals, and policymakers.

KKJPHCM encourages librarians to include this journal in their electronic journal collections, institutional repositories, and library discovery systems. All published articles are freely accessible without subscription fees or access barriers, ensuring long-term availability and broad dissemination of scientific knowledge.

The journal publishes rigorously peer-reviewed research covering public health issues, preventive medicine, epidemiology, community healthcare, environmental health, health promotion, healthcare policy, and related medical sciences. This makes KKJPHCM a valuable resource for academic learning, research development, and evidence-based healthcare decision-making.

KKJPHCM supports library services by providing stable access to published content, complete publication metadata, and open licensing under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) License, which allows libraries to archive, share, and distribute journal content with proper attribution.

Why Recommend KKJPHCM to Your Library Users?

  • Fully open-access content with no subscription costs
  • High-quality, peer-reviewed international research
  • Broad and relevant coverage of public health and community medicine
  • Suitable for inclusion in institutional repositories and library databases
  • Supports teaching, research, and evidence-based healthcare policies
  • Provides up-to-date scientific findings on global and community health challenges

We encourage research librarians to list this journal among their library’s electronic journal holdings. In addition, the journal uses an open-source publishing system that can also serve as a model for libraries supporting faculty-managed academic journals through the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform.