Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief

Yovana Melisza Gutierrez Polanco, RN, MSc
Universidad Andina del Cusco, Peru

Yovana Melisza Gutierrez Polanco is a registered nurse, health sciences researcher, and public health professional with experience in primary health care, community health, mental health, hospital care, health promotion, and disease prevention. She holds a master’s degree in Public Health with a specialization in Health Planning and Management.

Her academic interests include epidemiology, health-service management, community-based research, noncommunicable diseases, and evidence-based health care. She has contributed to scientific research published in an international journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science and has experience in research methodology, scientific writing, database management, and statistical analysis.

As Editor-in-Chief, she leads the journal’s scientific and editorial direction, supervises the peer-review and publication processes, and promotes compliance with international standards of ethics, transparency, scientific integrity, and methodological quality.

External Peer Reviewers

TUMI Health Sciences Research operates a double-blind peer-review system supported by independent national and international external reviewers. Reviewers are selected according to their academic qualifications, methodological expertise, research experience, scientific output, knowledge of the manuscript’s subject area, and absence of conflicts of interest.

External reviewers assess manuscripts independently and confidentially, considering their originality, scientific relevance, methodological rigor, ethical compliance, validity of the results, clarity of reporting, and contribution to medicine and the health sciences. Their reports support editorial decisions regarding acceptance, minor revision, major revision, resubmission, or rejection.

Reviewer identities are not disclosed in connection with specific manuscripts. The journal may publish an annual acknowledgment of participating reviewers while preserving the confidentiality and integrity of the peer-review process at all times.