Why Submit to CANDJ?
Contribute to the growing knowledge base of naturopathic medicine by submitting your important research to the CAND Journal (CANDJ). Submissions to the Journal benefit from:
Quality You Can Trust
- High standards of rigorous double-anonymous peer review with an expansive body of reviewers to help improve and strengthen your work
- Highest editorial standards and editing services to improve an accepted manuscript’s accuracy and readability
- Transparent editorial and peer review policies available in the “Author Guidelines” to ensure integrity and credibility throughout the process
Global Reach, Lasting Impact
- Your research reaches a broad audience, from healthcare professionals to educators and researchers within the CAND community and beyond
- Article-level metrics show how often your work is being downloaded and shared, tracking your digital impact in real time
- Each article is assigned a DOI and indexed with Crossref, ensuring lasting discoverability and easy citation
- Indexed by Google Scholar, ensuring your work is part of a global academic network with enhanced visibility, greater citation potential, and increased scholarly engagement
- Indexed by EBSCO Discovery Service and EBSCOhost (Academic Search Ultimate), making your work more visible and accessible to libraries and researchers worldwide
Open Access, Wide Reach
- Starting June 1, 2025, CANDJ will be fully diamond open access—meaning no fees to read or publish, removing financial barriers for both authors and readers
- Authors retain broad usage rights. The default license is CC-BY-NC 4.0, with an option to select CC-BY 4.0 to align with funder and institutional mandates
- Articles are broadly promoted through email alerts, social media, Editor Selections, and the Journal’s Most Read feature, offering increased exposure and reach
