About IQPSJ
The International Quality and Patient Safety Journal (IQPSJ) is being established as an independent, international, peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal. Its purpose is to disseminate rigorous evidence and practical learning that can improve healthcare quality, safety, reliability and patient experience.
Aims
IQPSJ aims to connect research with real-world improvement by publishing work that advances knowledge, evaluates interventions, strengthens learning systems and supports safer care across diverse settings.
Scope
- Quality improvement and improvement science
- Patient safety, risk management and clinical governance
- Human factors, safety culture and workforce wellbeing
- Implementation science and evidence-to-practice
- Patient experience, engagement and person-centred care
- Digital health, data science and responsible AI for quality and safety
- Accreditation, measurement, health systems and quality education
Editorial independence
Editorial decisions are intended to be based on scholarly merit, methodological quality, relevance and ethical integrity, independent of commercial influence.