License Number Issued by “The Iranian Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance”: No. 90/25382; Dated: Dec 24, 2011

Approval Number Issued by “The Iranian Medical Sciences Journals Commission, Ministry of Health and Medical Education”: No. 100/1349; Dated: Dec 10, 2012

Publisher: Research & Technology Vice Chancellors, Qom University of Medical Sciences

Chairman: Dr. Abolfazl Iranikhah, MD; Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.

Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Alireza Koohpaei; PhD; Associate Professor of Occupational Health & Safety Engineering, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran. Email: koohpaeimuq.ac.ir, koohpaei19yahoo.com.
Executive Manager:Mr Mohammad Khandan, MSc in Ergonomics, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran. Email: mkhandanmuq.ac.ir

Technical Manager: Ms. Khadijeh Alipour, MSc in Medical Information Navigation Engineering, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran. Email: alipourmuq.ac.ir

Postal Address: Educational Complex, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Shahid Lavasani St., Qom, Iran.

Postal Code: 37 13 64 93 73; P.O. Box: 3756; Telfax.: +98 (25) 32 8584 74; Tel: +98 (25) 37 8399 32

Website: http://jhygiene.muq.ac.ir; Email: arch.hygienemuq.ac.ir, arch.hygienegmail.com

 Price: Free of Charge

The “Archives of Hygiene Sciences” is a peer-reviewed scientific journal.

The full texts and their abstracts are published in English. This journal is published quarterly by “Qom University of Medical Sciences”, Qom, Iran.

This Journal accepts Original Articles, Review Articles and Case Reports in the fields of hygiene, i.e. public health, occupational health, safety, ergonomics and also environmental impacts on human health.

The articles of the journal are available at: http://jhygiene.muq.ac.ir

This is an International journal published in electronic/online.

This is an Open Access Journal and there are Free on charges for publication in this Journal.

From June 2012, this journal is published on a quarterly basis (a volume of 4 issues per year).

Published articles are accessible via:

• Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com)

• Index Copernicus: http://www.indexcopernicus.com
• http://www.isc.gov.ir
• Ebsco
• DOAJ
• CINHAL

Aims and Scope
Our objective is to boost and disseminate the findings of applied researches into all aspects of “all aspects of hygiene, i.e. occupational health, safety, ergonomics and also environmental impacts on human health. In this regard, all scholarly manuscripts on hygiene, bioengineering for pollution control, allied health, occupational/environmental/public sciences, and the corresponding fields are welcomed.

Target groups
The journal’s target groups are researchers studying and working in different fields of the hygiene, bioengineering for pollution control, biomarkers, allied health, occupational/environmental/public sciences.

Articles Types
Article types (maximum number of words in main text) include:
 Research/Original Articles (3500 words),
 Brief Research/Original Reports (maximums: 1200 words, 2 tables or figures, 20 references)
 Review Articles (4000-4500 words),
 Case Reports,
 Case series,
 Letters/Communications,
 Commentary (1000-1500 words),
 Supplemental Articles,
 Letter to the Editor (maximums: 600 words, 1 table or figure, and 10 references),
 Book Review (1000-1500 words).
Note: Word count ranges do not include author citations within the text.
 

Journal’s Revenue Sources: This Journal is supported by Qom University of Medical Sciences.