The Journal of Science of Healing Outcomes (JSHO) is an unusual journal in the sense that it publishes reports in the area of healing outcomes, in any field of whole person healing; or CAM; or 20th century Western medicine; all novel medical or traditional healing systems which are rigorously authenticated.

JSHO has a panel of distinguished editorial board members—members of many National Academies including Sweden (Nobel Laureates), world’s leading material scientists, inheritors of Albert Einstein’s chair, leaders in various CAM medical care fields, medical scientists of repute, vice chancellors and deans of medical schools, leaders in the Nursing world, professors in prestigious universities, and the former editor of the British Medical Journal.

The journal uses the super-peer review system in that the journal relies on the fact that an author of many dozens of papers—as established via a bibliography—is a good candidate for continuing to publish significant, reliable work. The Managing Editor will review the paper himself and, as needed, assign it to one of the members of the editorial board having expertise in the area of research reported in the paper and in the unlikely event of one such being unavailable on the board, one outside specialist may be invited to review the paper.

The author(s) can be any observant citizen, or member of any of the healing professions: Nurses, surgeons, physicians, or scientists in the physical sciences or engineering. At least one author must have published at least 20 or more papers in regular scientific or medical journals. A bibliography of such publications is a requirement. An alternative route is provided for younger or new authors in that the paper must be authenticated and “submitted” by any “mentor” with such qualifications. This step is essential to attempt to curb fake materials at the entry point itself which so often afflicts the leading science journals. Another deterrent is the fact that using the same methodology, any discussion or critique of any paper may be submitted by any author. The system has proved itself to be very effective and extremely time saving for all.

This journal is unique also in especially inviting reports on Single Case studies, as in the grand tradition of science. Such data are of great importance for genuine innovative science. The journal does not usually publish—but does not exclude—the statistical science of RCTs (randomized controlled trials, etc.) but always needs appropriate scientific background and data for the work to be published and the evidence of healing. The arguments for such validation in single case work have been summarized in an outstanding paper in Alternative Therapies, by Kiene and von Schön-Angerer (Vol. 4, 41-47, 1998) to which authors may turn.

By submitting to the journal of The Science and Healing Outcomes authors acknowledge and accept that papers are considered for publication on the basis: