Advances in Healthcare Research (AHR) accepts two manuscript types only: Research Paper and Literature Review Paper. A Research Paper reports original empirical, clinical, public health, laboratory-based, pharmaceutical, diagnostic, behavioral, technological, or other systematically designed healthcare research using scientifically defensible methods appropriate to the research question. A Literature Review Paper provides rigorous scholarly synthesis using an explicitly identified and sufficiently transparent review approach. Research methods, clinical or laboratory procedures, analytical techniques, datasets, and specific review approaches do not constitute separate manuscript types. AHR accepts submissions in English only.

AHR applies double-anonymous peer review. Manuscripts that pass editorial screening are normally evaluated by at least two independent reviewers with scientific, clinical, healthcare, or methodological expertise relevant to the submitted research. The normal editorial pathway is Submission → Editorial Screening → Independent Peer Review → Revision → Post-Revision Verification → Final Editorial Decision. Reviewer recommendations are advisory, while final scientific-editorial responsibility remains with the responsible academic editor and, where applicable, the Chief Executive Editor.

AHR publishes one annual volume comprising exactly two regular numbered issues. The journal maintains a regular publication frequency of two issues per year.

Issue No. 1 — September–February: The first regular numbered issue follows the September–February publication period, extending across two calendar years.

Issue No. 2 — March–August: The second regular numbered issue follows the March–August publication period and completes the journal's annual publication cycle. Published articles retain their official volume and issue assignments, actual publication dates, DOI records, and valid bibliographic metadata.

AHR provides immediate Open Access without embargo. Authors retain copyright, and published articles are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

For an accepted manuscript with at least one author institutionally affiliated in Indonesia, the standard AHR APC is IDR 500,000. Manuscripts whose authors are all institutionally affiliated exclusively outside Indonesia receive a full APC waiver / IDR 0. Eligibility is determined by institutional affiliation rather than nationality, citizenship, or residence. No APC is payable during submission, editorial screening, peer review, revision, or other pre-acceptance stages; APC administration begins only after final scientific-editorial acceptance. Previously agreed official payment terms are not changed retroactively.

Authors should prepare manuscripts in English using the current Advances in Research Master Manuscript Template and submit two separate files: (1) a Blinded Manuscript and (2) a Title Page & Author Information Form. The blinded manuscript must not contain author-identifying information. The Title Page contains verified author and publication information, including applicable CRediT contributions, funding, conflicts of interest, healthcare research ethics and consent declarations, and other required statements. The corresponding author's ORCID iD is required.

Before submitting, authors should confirm that the manuscript falls within the current AHR Aims & Scope, select the appropriate manuscript type, use the current manuscript template, prepare the blinded manuscript and separate Title Page, verify citations and references, and review the journal's healthcare research-ethics requirements, peer-review procedures, Open Access, licensing, privacy, and APC policies. Where applicable, authors must ensure appropriate research-ethics approval, informed consent, patient and participant confidentiality, and institutional or clinical research permissions. Formal manuscripts and revisions must be submitted through the official AHR Online Journal System (OJS).