Sexual Health and Sexual Medicine
Sexual Health and Sexual Medicine is a collection created by COST Action 18124: “European Sexual Medicine Network (ESMN)”. It focuses on sexual health and on sexual medicine as an interdisciplinary science and encourages the interplay between different disciplines, including medicine, psychology, biology, sociology, pedagogy, and other health sciences.
The collection aims to introduce and advance sexual medicine at every level of education, and in clinical and public health research and practice. It encourages state-of-the-science theoretical and methodological approaches.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Education in sexual medicine
- Sexualities
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sex surveys
- Chronic disease
- Psychiatry
- Paraphilia
- Hypersexuality
- Sexual rights
- Sexual minorities
Collection advisors: Jacques van Lankveld (Open University of The Netherlands, The Netherlands), Silvana Andric (University of Novi Sad, Serbia), Marco Alves (University of Porto, Portugal)
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Research ArticleRevisedPeer review process completedAuthors: Alma M. Brand, Wim Waterink, Xynthia Kavelaars, Jacques van LankveldFunders: COST ActionsPeer reviewers: GIANFRANCO LAMBERTI, Phil ReedPublished: October 10, 2026
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Research ArticleRevisedPeer review process completedAuthors: Alma M. Brand, Wim Waterink, Xynthia Kavelaars, Jacques van LankveldFunders: COST ActionsPeer reviewers: Alime Buyuk, Jie Hao, Pauliina AukeePublished: January 21, 2026
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EssayPeer review process completedAuthors: Osmo Kontula, Soazig CliftonFunders: COST ActionsPeer reviewers: Emma Slaymaker, Jaime Barrientos, Richard KruegerPublished: November 20, 2023
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ReviewRevisedPeer review process completedAuthors: Carlo Matteo Di Dionisio, Johannes Bitzer, Marianne Greil-SoykaFunders: COST ActionsPeer reviewers: Dr. Carey Roth Bayer, Nicola Doering, Priyanka RajuPublished: July 29, 2024
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Research ArticleRevisedPeer review process completedAuthors: Alma M. Brand, Wim Waterink, Jacques van LankveldFunders: COST ActionsPeer reviewers: Erika Kelley, Laís Campos de OliveiraPublished: May 20, 2024
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Research ArticleRevisedPeer review process completedAuthors: Piet van Tuijl, Peter Verboon, Jacques van LankveldFunders: COST ActionsPeer reviewers: Kai Jonas, Philipp Sischka, Richard Krueger, Wei WangPublished: November 22, 2024
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Research ArticleRevisedPeer review process completedAuthors: Alma M. Brand, Wim Waterink, Scott Rosas, Jacques van LankveldFunders: COST ActionsPeer reviewers: Kirstin R. Mitchell, Sule Gokyildiz SurucuPublished: June 3, 2024
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Research ArticlePeer review process completedAuthors: Kenny Wolfs, Arjan E.R. Bos, Fraukje E.F. Mevissen, Hugo Alberts, Jacques J.D.M. van LankveldFunders: COST ActionsPeer reviewers: Maria-João Alvarez, Tom PlatteauPublished: January 18, 2023
