Focus & Scope

Gaster is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal that publishes high-quality scholarly works in health sciences, with particular focus on primary care and community health, maternal and child health, rehabilitation and functional health, health promotion, and health systems research, especially in Southeast Asia and comparable contexts.

The journal welcomes original research articles, systematic and scoping reviews, qualitative studies, mixed-methods studies, implementation research, and other scientifically rigorous contributions that advance evidence-based practice, health service improvement, and public health knowledge.

Gaster particularly prioritizes manuscripts in the following areas:

• Primary Care and Community Health
• Maternal, Neonatal, Child, and Adolescent Health
• Rehabilitation, Functional Health, and Quality of Life
• Health Promotion, Prevention, and Behavior Change
• Health Services, Health Systems, and Implementation Research

While Gaster welcomes multidisciplinary contributions in health sciences, submitted manuscripts must demonstrate clear originality, methodological rigor, and meaningful relevance to health practice, policy, or education.

Submissions must be original, ethically sound, and not previously published or under consideration for publication elsewhere.