Healthcare

Healthcare is an international, scientific, peer-reviewed, open access journal on health care systems, industry, technology, policy, and regulation, and is published semimonthly online by MDPI. European Medical Association (EMA) and Ocular Wellness & Nutrition Society (OWNS) are affiliated with Healthcare and their members receive discounts on the article processing charges.
  • Open Access— free for readers, with article processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their institutions.
  • High Visibility: indexed within ScopusSCIE and SSCI (Web of Science), PubMed, PMC, and other databases.
  • Journal Rank: JCR - Q2 (Health Care Sciences and Services) / CiteScore - Q2 (Leadership and Management)
  • Rapid Publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 20.3 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 2.6 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the second half of 2024).
  • Recognition of Reviewers: reviewers who provide timely, thorough peer-review reports receive vouchers entitling them to a discount on the APC of their next publication in any MDPI journal, in appreciation of the work done.
  • Companion journals for Healthcare include: Trauma Care and European Burn Journal.
Impact Factor: 2.4 (2023); 5-Year Impact Factor: 2.5 (2023)
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Topic in Cancers, Healthcare, JCM, JPM, Medicina
Public Health and Healthcare in the Context of Big Data Topic Editors: Mingzhe Ma, Xi Yang, Ruogu Qi
Deadline: 5 July 2025
Topic in Healthcare, JCM
The Use of New Technologies for Health and Clinical Practice Topic Editors: Luca Marin, Matteo Vandoni, Vittoria Carnevale
Deadline: 25 July 2025
Topic in Healthcare, IJERPH, JCM, Safety, Toxics
New Research in Work-Related Diseases, Safety and Health Topic Editors: Alicja Bortkiewicz, Małgorzata Kurpesa
Deadline: 31 August 2025
Topic in IJERPH, JPM, Healthcare, BDCC, Applied Sciences, Sensors
eHealth and mHealth: Challenges and Prospects, 2nd EditionTopic Editors: Antonis Billis, Manuel Dominguez-Morales, Anton Civit
Deadline: 31 October 2025
Special Issue in Healthcare
Human Health Before, During, and After COVID-19 Guest Editor: Alessia Verduri
Deadline: 25 March 2025
Special Issue in Healthcare
The Role of Physical Exercise in the Prevention and Treatment of Diseases Guest Editors: Henrique P. Neiva, Ana Sofia Ruivo Alves, Diogo Marques
Deadline: 25 March 2025
Special Issue in Healthcare
A Multitude of Domains: How Attention Shapes Our Behavior from Health Promoting to Clinical Rehabilitation Settings Guest Editors: Daniela De Bartolo, Fabio Lucidi
Deadline: 31 March 2025
Special Issue in Healthcare
Emerging Risk Factors and Prognosis of Stroke: Global Health Perspective Guest Editor: Phyo Kyaw Myint
Deadline: 31 March 2025
Topical Collection in Healthcare
Promoting Mental Health and Wellbeing in Chronic Illness Using Art Collection Editors: Helen Noble, Claire Carswell
Topical Collection in Healthcare
Healthcare Strategy and Community Care Collection Editors: Munjae Lee, Kyu-sung Lee
Topical Collection in Healthcare
The Impact of COVID-19 on Healthcare Services Collection Editors: Giuseppe Di Martino, Tommaso Staniscia, Fabrizio Cedrone
Topical Collection in Healthcare
Osteopathic and Manual Therapy Healthcare Reconceptualization: Health Needs and New Evidence Collection Editor: Marco Tramontano
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