At Dove Medical Press, we understand the unique challenges medical publication professionals face in bringing high-quality research to a global audience. Whether you are a researcher, medical writer, publication planner, or communications professional, we are here to help you find the right home for your research.

Open access publishing
Dove Medical Press specializes in peer-reviewed, open access journals across the broad spectrum of science, technology and especially medicine. By publishing with us, your research reaches global audiences without any access barriers, ensuring that healthcare professionals, policymakers, and researchers worldwide can benefit from your research. More and more pharma and healthcare companies are seeing the benefits of open access in meeting their publishing objectives.

How open access can meet your publishing needs:

• Increase the discoverability and use of your research
• Increase the number of people able to reach and use your research
• Make an impact beyond your industry reaching policymakers, practitioners, and professionals in your field
• Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere.
• Meet tight publishing timelines with accelerated publishing options
• Expert editorial boards and peer review

Rigorous peer review
Our rigorous single blind peer-review process upholds the highest standards of scientific integrity. With accelerated publication options on a selection of Dove Medical Press titles, we can help you take control of your publication timeline and ensure that your research is available when it matters most.

Accelerated publication
Accelerated publication allows organizations to take control of their publication timelines, providing the reliable assurances needed when speed is important to your publication strategy.
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Dove Medical Press journals listed below offer the Accelerated Publication Plus option:
£5500.00
✔ FINAL DECISION in as little as 3-5 weeks*
✔ Coordinate publication with conferences, drug launches, etc
✔ Prioritized peer review
✔ Rapid indexing on Google and Google Scholar
✔ No payment unless accepted after peer review
✔ First proofs typically in 5 working days after acceptance
*This timeline assumes authors adequately address revisions and submit by the requested deadline. If further re-review is required, this will reset the timeline, with re-review prioritized.

Titles offering accelerated publication:

• Cancer Management and Research
• Clinical Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology
• Clinical Epidemiology
• ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research
• Drug Design, Development and Therapy
• Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety
• International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• International Journal of General Medicine
• Journal of Asthma and Allergy
• Journal of Blood Medicine
• Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
• Patient Preference and Adherence
• Nutrition and Dietary Supplements

Publication extenders
Increase audience engagement with graphic and video abstracts, helping you to visually communicate key research insights. This can help time-poor healthcare professionals understand your published article at a glance.

From our research, inclusion of an infographic or graphical abstract increases the number of views and downloads of your original manuscript by ~90%.

If you are interested in learning more about our creation service or submission process, please reach out to us at [email protected] 

Indexing
We maximize the impact of your research by ensuring indexing in leading databases, including PubMed, Scopus, and DOAJ, enhancing citation potential and discoverability in most of our journals.

Ethics and research integrity
Dove Medical Press is committed to making sure the work we publish can be trusted. We are a member of the Committee on Publishing Ethics (COPE), and the research published in our journals must have been conducted according to international and local guidelines ensuring ethically conducted research. We endorse the recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), and are in accordance with the principles outlined in the Nuremberg Code and the Belmont Report.

Publish with Dove Medical Press
By publishing in a Dove Medical Press journal, medical publication professionals gain a trusted partner in disseminating research effectively and ethically. Whether you need high-impact publication options, compliance assurance, or enhanced research communication tools, we are here to support you.

Updated 9 June 2025