10th Anniversary

The year 2023 marks the 10th anniversary of Healthcare, an international, scientific, peer-reviewed, open access journal, which publishes original theoretical and empirical work in the interdisciplinary area of all aspects of medicine and healthcare research and is published semimonthly online by MDPI. We sincerely appreciate and value the contributions made by authors, reviewers, and academic editors. To celebrate this 10th anniversary, we are arranging a series of special content and events. We hope you can join us in celebrating this milestone for our journal and enjoy the collection below.

A Network of Healthcare from Editors and Authors

Journal History

View the 10-year timeline infographic here. Trace the development of Healthcare from its origins with remarkable events.


The inaugural issue was released. Healthcare was published as a quarterly journal.



Healthcare was indexed in PubMed (NLM).



Healthcare was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)-Web of Science.



The first International Electronic Conference on Healthcare (IECH), sponsored by Healthcare, was held on Sciforum.

Healthcare was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)—Web of Science, from Vol. 5.



Healthcare received its first Impact Factor (1.916).



Healthcare was indexed in Scopus.



Dr. Rahman Shiri was appointed as the Editor-in-Chief of the Healthcare



Healthcare received its first CiteScore (2021) of 2.0.



Healthcare adopted a semimonthly publication schedule.

Celebration Activities

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Tweet to us using #Healthcare10th to share your story with Healthcare.
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Healthcare 2023 Young Investigator Award



Nomination deadline: 31 December 2023

Healthcare 2024 Travel Award



Application deadline: 31 October 2023

Anniversary Special Issues

The 10th Anniversary of Healthcare—TeleHealth and Digital Healthcare
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2023 | 26 articles | Viewed by 56766 | Printed Edition available
Keywords: digital health; TeleHealth; robotics; artificial intelligence; mHealth; rehabilitation; assistive technologies; eHealth; smart technology; cybersecurity; informatics; big data; mental health; telemedicine; digital pathology; digital radiology; social robotics
(This special issue belongs to the Section TeleHealth and Digital Healthcare)
The 10th Anniversary of Healthcare—Quality of Life of Older People with Disability in the Community
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6983
Keywords: community care; disability; older people; health support; professional care; informal care; care provided by volunteers; quality of life; mental health; physical health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Community Care)
The 10th Anniversary of Healthcare—Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5125
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence in Medicine)
The 10th Anniversary of Healthcare—Forensic Medicine
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1826
The 10th Anniversary of Healthcare—Family Medicine
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7679
Keywords: primary health care; new challenges in relation to emerging diseases; vaccination; screening; appropriate antimicrobial prescribing; antimicrobial stewardship; tackling anti-microbial esistance (AMR); continuity of care; one health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Family Medicine)
The 10th Anniversary of Healthcare—Health Informatics and Big Data
edited by , Hua Min and Xia Jing
submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3961
(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Informatics and Big Data)
The 10th Anniversary of Healthcare—Pain Management
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 24344
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pain Management)
The 10th Anniversary of Healthcare—Medication Management submission deadline 31 Jan 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6308
Keywords: drugs and biologics; regulatory agencies; pharmaceutical industry; generic and biosimilar drugs; pharmacoeconomics and health technology assessment; reimbursement; drug access and affordability; formulary and drug utilization management; pharmacy and pharmaceutical services
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medication Management)
The 10th Anniversary of Healthcare—Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13779
Keywords: neonate; newborn; infant; fetal; pregnancy; perinatal; outcome; neurosensory; morbidity; mortality; intensive care; special care
(This special issue belongs to the Section Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine)

Special Issue Collection

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