About the journal

The Oxton Science Journal (OSJ) is an international, multidisciplinary, open access scientific journal published by Oxton Education. The journal publishes original research, reviews and case reports in the health sciences and sleep medicine, with an emphasis on evidence-based practice and translational research — research that brings scientific output closer to clinical practice and health policy.

All manuscripts undergo peer review and a transparent editorial workflow, from submission to publication. Published articles receive persistent identifiers and metadata for indexing services, and are freely available, without access barriers, under a Creative Commons license.

OSJ welcomes contributions that advance scientific knowledge and have applications in health promotion, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation. Areas of interest include:

• sleep medicine, chronobiology and circadian rhythms;
• sleep disorders and their relationship with pain, mental health, metabolism and functioning;
• physical therapy, rehabilitation and movement sciences;
• orthopedics, traumatology and musculoskeletal pain;
• public health, epidemiology and health policy;
• assessment of instruments and patient-reported outcome measures;
• health education and evidence-based practice.

Clinical, observational, methodological and validation studies, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, as well as case reports with a relevant clinical contribution, are welcome. Manuscripts outside this scope may be declined at editorial screening without being sent for peer review.

• Original Articles — previously unpublished research findings, including clinical, observational and experimental studies and instrument validation studies.
• Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses — evidence syntheses with an explicit and reproducible protocol.
• Review Articles — narrative or integrative reviews on relevant topics within the scope.
• Case Reports — clinical cases that make an original contribution to practice.
• Letters to the Editor — brief comments on published articles or topics of interest.
• Editorials — texts by the editorial team or invited authors.

Quarterly publication, with four issues per year. Accepted articles may be published on a continuous basis before the issue is closed.

Languages: English

OSJ provides immediate, free open access to all of its content, on the principle that making scientific knowledge freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Readers may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search and link to the full texts, without registration or payment, provided that the authors and the original source are cited.

The Oxton Science Journal has been published by Oxton Education since 2024.

All articles publish metadata in Google Scholar and Dublin Core formats and are available for automatic harvesting via the OAI-PMH protocol at https://oxtonscience.com/journal/osj/oai/.