The Journal of Applied Biomedicine (J. Appl. Biomed.; print , electronic ) is an international peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 quarterly scientific journal

Scientific journal

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, which promotes the merge of basic biomedical research

Biomedical research

Biomedical research , in general simply known as medical research, is the basic research, applied research, or translational research conducted to aid and support the body of knowledge in the field of medicine...

 and clinical investigation and the publication of new research related to human health

Health

Health is the level of functional or metabolic efficiency of a living being. In humans, it is the general condition of a person's mind, body and spirit, usually meaning to be free from illness, injury or pain...

 problems.

The journal is published by the University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Health and Social Studies

Social studies

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, České Budějovice

Ceské Budejovice

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, Czech Republic. This open access journal

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 provides free access to its articles on line.

The journal is abstracted and indexed by the major scientific indexing services, including Web of Science

Web of Science

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, Current Contents

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/Engineering, Computing & Technology, BIOSIS Previews

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, EMBASE

EMBASE

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, Scopus

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, Chemical Abstracts Service

Chemical Abstracts Service

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, Index Copernicus, DOAJ

Directory of Open Access Journals

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, EBSCO

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 Databases (Academic Search Complete), and Open J-Gate

Open J-Gate

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. The Editor in Chief is Josef Berger

Josef Berger (scientist)

Josef Berger is a Czech scientist. Heis a full professor at the University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic. His areas are biomodel development and information gaining....

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