Health Equity and Innovations in LGBT+ Care
Call for submissions of an Expression of Interest for an Adv Clin Exp Med Special Collection on
LGBT+ Health Equity and Innovation
Handling Editors
Assoc. Prof. Michał Czapla (Division of Scientific Research and Innovation in Emergency Medical Service, Department of Emergency Medical Service, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Wroclaw Medical University, Wrocław, Poland; Group of Research in Care (GRUPAC), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of La Rioja, Logroño, Spain; ORCID 0000-0002-4245-5420) michal.czapla@umw.edu.pl
Dr. Anthony Dissen (Stockton University, Galloway, USA; ORCID 0000-0003-0828-387X) anthony.dissen@stockton.edu
Assoc. Prof. Bartłomiej Stańczykiewicz (Division of Consultation Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland; ORCID 0000-0001-9221-3502) bartlomiej.stanczykiewicz@umw.edu.pl
This Call for Submissions invites Expressions of Interest for a Special Collection of Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine, focusing on LGBT+ health equity and innovation.
LGBT+ individuals around the world face unique and persistent health disparities driven by stigma, discrimination, and systemic exclusion from healthcare systems. These inequities result in significantly worse physical and mental health outcomes and limit access to inclusive, culturally competent care. This Special Collection will offer researchers and clinicians an opportunity to publish original research, meta-analyses, and review articles that address these disparities and propose inclusive, personalized, and innovative solutions to improve health outcomes for LGBT+ populations.
This Call welcomes submissions on (but not limited to):
- Mental Health & Well-being
- Sexual & Reproductive Health
- Transgender & Gender-Diverse Health
- Equity in Healthcare Access
- Social Determinants of Health
- Stigma & Healthcare Avoidance
- Community & Public Health Initiatives
- Intersectionality in Health
Submission process
As a first step, we ask for submissions of an Expression of Interest with an Abstract of original papers outlining the themes above to Adv Clin Exp Med Section Editors: michal.czapla@umw.edu.pl and anthony.dissen@stockton.edu and bartlomiej.stanczykiewicz@umw.edu.pl.
The Section Editor, jointly with the Editor-in-Chief, will review all submissions and select those who will be invited to submit a full paper. The submission process will then follow the regular Adv Clin Exp Med. online process. All manuscripts will be sent to at least two independent reviewers.
Dates and fees
- Submission of Expression of Interest until December 31, 2025, to michal.czapla@umw.edu.pl and anthony.dissen@stockton.edu and bartlomiej.stanczykiewicz@umw.edu.pl
- Invitation to submit a full paper by February 28, 2026;
- Submission of full paper by June 30, 2026.
If accepted, Authors will be required to pay a fee (https://advances.umw.edu.pl/en/article-processing-charges/) to cover publication costs. For selected Authors (outstanding experts), it is possible to reduce or even cancel the publication fee.
We look forward to a wide variety of truly global papers and experiences that will push worldwide science to the next level!