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Frontiers in Health Informatics

Iranian Medical Informatics Association (IrMIA) · Iran · Est. 2018

ISSN2676-7104

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Limited verification

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q446

⚠ Withdrawn from DOAJ-15

Total31

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Removed from DOAJ (2024-11-20). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Bottom 25%

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Scorei

0.207

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.311

Total Worksi

458

Total Citationsi

872

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.38

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Frontiers in Health Informatics is a peer-reviewed journal for practitioners, researchers, and students interested in medical informatics and information technology in healthcare sectors. It publishes research related to medical informatics, image processing, decision support systems, and artificial neural networks.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionIran

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2018

Annual Volume~ 110 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications458

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2017

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/12 · 42%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Iranian Medical Informatics Association (IrMIA)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2676-7104

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

117

2019

105

2020

249

2021

153

2022

178

2023

159

116

2024

123

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Health InformaticsQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Health Informatics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Artificial Intelligence in HealthcareElectronic Health Records SystemsCOVID-19 diagnosis using AIMobile Health and mHealth ApplicationsAI in cancer detectionTelemedicine and Telehealth ImplementationBrain Tumor Detection and ClassificationDigital Mental Health InterventionsRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingCOVID-19 and Mental Health

Frequently asked questions about Frontiers in Health Informatics

Is Frontiers in Health Informatics a predatory journal?

Frontiers in Health Informatics was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2024-11-20). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Frontiers in Health Informatics?

Frontiers in Health Informatics is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.207.

Is Frontiers in Health Informatics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Frontiers in Health Informatics is indexed in Scopus.