Journal profile · Medicine-Health Informatics
Frontiers in Health Informatics
ISSN 2676-7104 · Hamara Afzar · Iran, Islamic Republic of
Frontiers in Health Informatics: fully open access; no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 943 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Frontiers in Health Informatics is published by Hamara Afzar. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare, Medicinal Plant Research and Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies, together about 25.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Complementary and alternative medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Health Informatics
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Artificial Intelligence in HealthcareHealth Professions9.7%
- Medicinal Plant ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.4%
- Traditional Chinese Medicine StudiesMedicine7.2%
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationMedicine6.2%
- Phytochemicals and Medicinal PlantsMedicine5.7%
- Advanced Drug Delivery SystemsPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics5.4%
- AI in cancer detectionComputer Science5%
- Electronic Health Records SystemsHealth Professions4.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Informatics | Q4 | 114/138 | 17th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.26LetPub ·
- h-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 26OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.05OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,010 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 73 | 73 | 188 |
| 2025 | 943 | 943 | 279 |
| 2024 | 1,811 | 1,811 | 205 |
| 2023 | 55 | 55 | 140 |
| 2022 | 29 | 29 | 96 |
| 2021 | 49 | 49 | 68 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Hamara Afzar
- Country or region
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2676-7104
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Frontiers in Health Informatics
How long does peer review take at Frontiers in Health Informatics?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Frontiers in Health Informatics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Frontiers in Health Informatics is indexed in Scopus.
Is Frontiers in Health Informatics open access, and what is the APC?
Frontiers in Health Informatics is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .