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Health Information Science and Systems

Springer · United States · Est. 2011

ISSN2047-2501eISSN2047-2501

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q2+18

Total53

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.86

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CiteScore

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SNIP

1.388

Total Works

463

Total Citations

12,820

2yr Mean Citedness

3.83

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Aims & Scope

Health Information Science and Systems is a multidisciplinary journal that integrates computer science/information technology with health science and services, embracing information science research coupled with topics related to the modeling, design, development, integration, and management of health information systems. The scope includes: Medical/health/biomedicine information resources, such as patient medical records, devices and equipments, software and tools to capture, store, retrieve, process, analyze, optimize the use of information in the health domain, Data management, data mining, and knowledge discovery, all of which play a key role in decision making, management of public health, examination of standards, privacy and security issues, Development of new architectures and applications for health information systems.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

Annual Volume~ 70 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications463

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

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Submission Info

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Springer

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2047-2501 / 2047-2501

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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✓ Clean

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

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Publication & Citation Trend

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Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Health InformaticsQ2

Health Information ManagementQ2

Information SystemsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medical Informatics

Scopus Categories

Health Information ManagementInformation SystemsHealth Informatics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Machine Learning in HealthcareArtificial Intelligence in HealthcareAI in cancer detectionEEG and Brain-Computer InterfacesCOVID-19 diagnosis using AIECG Monitoring and AnalysisRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingTopic ModelingBiomedical Text Mining and OntologiesArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education