Journal profile · MEDICAL INFORMATICS
Health Information Science and Systems
ISSN 2047-2501 · Springer Nature · ENGLAND · Continuous publication · Founded 2013
Health Information Science and Systems: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.35; hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,590; median 188 days to acceptance (98 articles, last 24 months); 85 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Health Information Science and Systems is published by Springer Nature and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Machine Learning in Healthcare, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, together about 28.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Artificial Intelligence. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Health Information Science and Systems is a multidisciplinary journal that integrates artificial intelligence/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, smart health, artificial intelligence in medicine, and computer aided diagnosis, medical expert systems.The scope includes:i.) smart health, artificial Intelligence in medicine, computer aided diagnosis, medical image processing, medical expert systemsii.) medical big data, 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,iii.) 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,iv.) development of new architectures and applications for health information systems.Topics include but not limited:Artificial intelligence in Heath and MedicineMedical Expert systems Smart health technologyArtificial Intelligence in medicine, Computer aided diagnosisMedical image processingMedical expert systemsMedical Data miningDeep leaning techniques in Health data Advances in Biomedical data analysisMachine learning based analysis and models in MedicineComputer aided techniques in Biomedical signal and image processingIT support for early diagnosis and management for chronic diseases
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MEDICAL INFORMATICS
Editor-in-chief Yanchun ZhangPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Machine Learning in HealthcareComputer Science11.9%
- Artificial Intelligence in HealthcareHealth Professions9.3%
- EEG and Brain-Computer InterfacesNeuroscience7.1%
- AI in cancer detectionComputer Science6.8%
- COVID-19 diagnosis using AIMedicine5.6%
- ECG Monitoring and AnalysisMedicine5.5%
- Topic ModelingComputer Science4.3%
- Biomedical Text Mining and OntologiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Medical Informatics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Medical Informatics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Medical Informatics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EmbaseDBLPCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- Impact factor
- 4.35LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.83LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.17LetPub ·
- h-index
- 40LetPub ·
- h-index
- 52OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 218OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.35OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 22.49%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 85LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 250,600Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 490 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 64 | 62 | 35 |
| 2025 | 85 | 79 | 372 |
| 2024 | 63 | 63 | 727 |
| 2023 | 62 | 62 | 1,262 |
| 2022 | 34 | 34 | 769 |
| 2021 | 33 | 33 | 1,140 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
188 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 112 days – 287 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 19 days (98 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 219 days
- Sample
- 98 articles with submission and acceptance dates (170 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Submission to first decision
- 7 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,590 / EUR 3,990 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Open calls for papers3, by deadline
- Toward Trustworthy and Generalizable AI in Healthcare: Advances in Explainability, Causal Learning and Cost-effectivenessDeadline
- Toward Trustworthy and Generalizable AI in Healthcare: Advances in Explainability, Causal Learning, and Cost-effectivenessDeadline
- Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence in Health: Selected & Extended Papers from aiHealth 2026 ConferenceDeadline
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted4
- book review• Research article • Book review • Case study • Commentary Back to topLength not stated
- case study• Case studyLength not stated
- commentary• Research article • Book review • Case study • Commentary Back to topLength not stated
- research article• Research article • Book review • Case study • Commentary Back to topLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, Open access, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- AI use Generative AI Images
Please check Springer’s policy on generative AI images and make sure your work adheres to the principles described therein. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship principles
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosures and declarations
All authors are requested to include information regarding sources of funding, financial or non-financial interests, study-specific approval by the appropriate ethics committee for research involving humans and/or animals, informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved animals (as appropriate). The decision whether such …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Health Information Science and Systems, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
The World Health Organization (WHO) definition of a clinical trial is "any research study that prospectively assigns human participants or groups of humans to one or more health-related interventions to evaluate the effects on health outcomes". The WHO defines health interventions as “A health intervention is an act performed for, with or on behalf of a person or population whose purpose is to ass…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Continuous publication
- Founded
- 2013
- ISSN
- 2047-2501
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Health Information Science and Systems
What CAS zone is Health Information Science and Systems in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Health Information Science and Systems is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Medical Informatics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Health Information Science and Systems?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.35; CiteScore 8.1, h-index 52.
How long does peer review take at Health Information Science and Systems?
Based on the dates recorded on 98 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 188 days (interquartile range 112–287 days). 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Health Information Science and Systems?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Suggested reviewers: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Health Information Science and Systems?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Health Information Science and Systems is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Embase, DBLP and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Health Information Science and Systems open access, and what is the APC?
Health Information Science and Systems is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,590.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-28). Last updated: .