Informatics for Health & Social Care
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Aims & Scope
Informatics for Health & Social Care promotes evidence-based informatics as applied to the domain of health and social care. It showcases informatics research and practice within the many and diverse contexts of care; it takes personal information, both its direct and indirect use, as its central focus. The scope of the Journal is broad, encompassing both the properties of care information and the life-cycle of associated information systems. Consideration of the properties of care information will necessarily include the data itself, its representation, structure, and associated processes, as well as the context of its use, highlighting the related communication, computational, cognitive, social and ethical aspects. Consideration of the life-cycle of care information systems includes full range from requirements, specifications, theoretical models and conceptual design through to sustainable implementations, and the valuation of impacts. Empirical evidence experiences related to implementation are particularly welcome. Informatics in Health & Social Care seeks to consolidate and add to the core knowledge within the disciplines of Health and Social Care Informatics. The Journal therefore welcomes scientific papers, case studies and literature reviews. Examples of novel approaches are particularly welcome. Articles might, for example, show how care data is collected and transformed into useful and usable information, how informatics research is translated into practice, how specific results can be generalised, or perhaps provide case studies that facilitate learning from experience.
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HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES
MEDICAL INFORMATICS
HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES
MEDICAL INFORMATICS
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Academic Intelligence Overview & Context
ImpaQ AnalysisInformatics for Health & Social Care (acronym: tmif, abbr: INFORM HEALTH SOC CA, ISSN: 1753-8157) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of Medicine, published by Informa Healthcare in England. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 1.70, ranking in quartile Q3 of Web of Science (SCIE), a Scopus SJR indicator of 0.711 (Q1), an H-index of 42.
The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with a publication frequency of Quarterly, an annual output of approximately 57 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Hybrid model with an estimated APC of $3,148 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.
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