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Adversarial Learning and Its Applications in Healthcare submission deadline 27 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 14465 | Submission Open
Keywords: adversarial learning; adversarial attacks; adversarial robustness; generative adversarial learning; adversarial defenses
Digital Therapeutics in Healthcare: 2nd Edition
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submission deadline 29 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1196 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital therapeutics; mHealth; clinical studies (pilot and pivotal); effectiveness; healthcare; cost effectiveness; implementation and scalability; regulatory affairs; prescription drug use-related software; digital health literacy; reimbursement; cybersecurity risks and privacy
Telemedicine and eHealth Applications in the Pediatric Population
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submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 691 | Submission Open
Keywords: telehealth; remote monitoring; digital health; mobile health; pediatric telemedicine; virtual reality applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Digital Health Technologies)
Innovative Educational and Family-Centered Approaches in Healthcare and Services submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 61 | Submission Open
Keywords: family-centered care; childhood intervention; educational psychology; cooperative learning; tele-intervention; pediatric healthcare; caregiver engagement; interdisciplinary collaboration; health education
Nursing and Midwifery Practice Development: Improvement and Evaluation submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 56 | Submission Open
Keywords: nursing; midwifery; practice development; models of care; service evaluation; advanced practice; wellbeing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Healthcare Quality, Patient Safety, and Self-care Management)
Integrating Artificial Intelligence into Nursing Practice
edited by Jing-Yu (Benjamin) Tan and Haiying (Emily) Wang
submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 53 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; nursing practice; clinical decision support; machine learning; digital health; ethical implications; patient safety; technology adoption; evidence-based practice; nursing informatics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare)
Chemsex, LGBTIQ+ and Mental Disorders submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 9903 | Submission Open
Keywords: chemsex; drugs; mental health; substance use
Muscle-Tendon Complex: Performance, Injury Prevention, Epidemiology and Rehabilitation submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 6871 | Submission Open
Keywords: performance; epidemiology; rehabilitation; prevention; muscle– tendon complex
Obesity and Metabolic Abnormalities submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6181 | Submission Open
Keywords: obesity; metabolic syndrome; insulin resistance; type 2 diabetes; adiposity; chronic inflammation; endocrine disruptors; leptin resistance; cardiovascular risk; brown adipose tissue
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chronic Care)
Physiotherapy for Pain Conditions: Recent Advanced Programs and Interventions submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6162 | Submission Open
Keywords: intervention; pain; physiotherapy; review; meta-analysis; overview; clinical trial
Evidence-Based Practice in Occupational Health: Development and Adaptation of Psychometric Instruments
edited by Tamara Melnik and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5925 | Submission Open
Keywords: psychometrics; occupational health; validity evidence; instruments adaptation; instruments development; evidence-based practice
Creating Connection Between Physical and Mental Health in Physical Activity, Physical Exercise and Sport Across the Lifespan submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3310 | Submission Open
Keywords: physical activity; mental health; exercise science; psychophysiological wellbeing; sports medicine; athlete health monitoring; rehabilitation; prevention strategies; digital health technologies; neuroinflammation and exercise
Prisoner Health
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submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2755 | Submission Open
Keywords: prison health systems across the world; risk factors for health; prison environment; prison healthcare systems and governance; inmate and mental illness; rehabilitation in mental illness; rehabilitation of prisoners; inmates and infectious diseases; drugs and/in prison; disabled prisoners; prison workers and their protection; prison medicine; COVID-19 and prison; feeding in prison; medical responsibility in penitentiary medicine; clinical risk management in penitentiary medicine; compatibility of the prisoner's health conditions with imprisonment; suicidal risk assessment in prison; CSI in prison; inmate autopsy; innovative methods of expert investigation in prison and of prisoners; torture in prison: medico-legal investigation; medical liability in prison medicine; precision medicine in prison; clinical pathways in prison; artificial intelligence in prison healthcare; telemedicine in prison healthcare
Oncology Nursing and Patient Care submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 945 | Submission Open
Keywords: care of cancer patients; cancer and treatment; cancer and complementary therapies; oncology process management; end-of-life care and cancer patients; ethics of care; quality of life and cancer patients
Injury Prevention and Health Promotion in Sports and Physical Activity submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 342 | Submission Open
Keywords: injury prevention; mental health in athletes; rehabilitation in sports; physical activity interventions; public health and sports
AI-Driven Insights from Biomedical Data for Advanced Disease Diagnosis and Prognosis submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 337 | Submission Open
Keywords: medical diagnosis; medical prognosis; medical image analysis; large language model interpretation; explainable AI; clinical validity; translational medicine
Frontline Imaging: Advances and Applications of Point-of-Care Ultrasonography submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open
Keywords: point-of-care ultrasonography; bedside imaging; diagnostic innovation; clinical decision-making; ultrasound education and training; healthcare technology integration; patient-centered care; critical care and emergency medicine; global health and low-resource settings; artificial intelligence in ultrasonography
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Care)
Novel Research and Care Strategies for Older Adults with Stroke and/or Dementia submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open
Keywords: stroke; dementia; integrated care; person-centred care; health innovation; caregiver support; ageing population
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chronic Care)
AI, Emotion, and Health: Applying Algorithmic Intelligence to Improve Well-Being
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submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open
Keywords: affective computing for healthcare; AI-based mental health assessment; emotion and empathy recognition systems; human– AI interaction in healthcare; multimodal physiological signal analysis; generative AI for emotional understanding; non-contact health monitoring technologies; emotion-aware intelligent systems; cognitive and affective state estimation; AI-driven personalized well-being support; explainable affective AI in medicine; psychophysiological sensing and modeling; human-centered healthcare technologies; machine learning for emotional health; wearable and ambient emotion sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare)
Advances in Family Care: Challenges, Innovations, and Perspectives for Comprehensive Health Care
edited by Sônia Silva Marçon and Eda Schwartz
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 60 | Submission Open
Keywords: family practice; family health; family caregiver family nursing; domestic violence; professional– family relations; family characteristics; family support; family relations
The Relationship Between Mental Health and Psychological Trauma submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 47 | Submission Open
Keywords: psychological trauma; mental health; post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); complex trauma (CPTSD); trauma-informed interventions; trauma-focused therapy; resilience and protective factors; trauma assessment; stress-related disorders
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mental Health and Psychosocial Well-being)
Rethinking Environmental Gerontology: Designing Inclusive and Resilient Places for Ageing in Place
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submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 33 | Submission Open
Keywords: ageing in place; person– environment fit; clinical outcomes; falls and frailty; mental health and loneliness; HRQoL; home-based/rehabilitative care; telehealth; social prescribing; utilization and costs; health equity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Public Health and Preventive Medicine)
Innovations in Primary Care Informatics: Bridging Technology and Patient-Centered Care
edited by Emmanouil Zoulias
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 27 | Submission Open
Keywords: health informatics; primary care; electronic health records (EHRs); clinical decision support; telemedicine; digital health; patient-centered care; population health management; data analytics in healthcare; interoperability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Digital Health Technologies)
Digital Dentistry: The Revolutionary Era in Orthodontics submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 26 | Submission Open
Keywords: orthodontics; CBCT; clinical orthodontics; digital orthodontics; intraoral scanners; airway; growth and development; orthodontic appliances; CAD CAM technology in orthodontics; clinical treatment in orthodontics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Digital Health Technologies)
Evaluating Health Technology Implementation and Adoption in Hospital Settings
edited by and Aaron C. Spaulding
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 25 | Submission Open
Keywords: hospital-based health technology assessment; health technology; technology implementation; clinical effectiveness; hospital administration; artificial intelligence; economic evaluation; equity and access; new technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Digital Health Technologies)
Innovative Suicide Prevention Methods: The Role of New Technologies and Medical Services in Saving Lives
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submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 23 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital tools; new technologies; medical services; suicide; suicidal behavior; prevention; public health; innovations
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mental Health and Psychosocial Well-being)
Health Technology Assessment for Children, Adolescents and Young Adults with Chronic Health Conditions submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 23 | Submission Open
Keywords: health technology assessment; HTA; medicines; medical devices; children; adolescents; young adults; chronic diseases; rare diseases; orphan drugs
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Care)
Advances in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Pediatrics and Neonates
edited by Walusa Assad Gonçalves Ferri
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 19 | Submission Open
Keywords: infant; newborn; child; intensive care units— pediatric; intensive care units— neonatal; critical care; resuscitation; mechanical ventilation; septic shock; neuroprotection; therapeutic hypothermia; sepsis; congenital abnormalities; patient outcome assessment; physiological monitoring; evidence-based medicine
(This special issue belongs to the Section Women’s and Children’s Health)
Technological Advances, Precision Medicine and Regulatory Improvements in Drug Safety and Pharmacy Support submission deadline 1 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 12433 | Submission Open
Keywords: drug safety; pharmacovigilance; precision medicine; therapeutic drug monitoring; post-marketing surveillance; artificial intelligence; machine learning; clinical pharmacology
The Role of Healthcare in Public Health Risk and Disaster Management: Strategies for Mitigation and Response submission deadline 1 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4054 | Submission Open
Keywords: disaster risk management; public health emergencies; healthcare resilience; emergency medical response; crisis preparedness; risk mitigation strategies; health security; natural and man-made hazards; disaster preparedness and response; health system sustainability
Virtual Reality Technologies in Health Care—2nd Edition submission deadline 4 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 34 | Submission Open
Keywords: virtual reality; artificial intelligence; healthcare; rehabilitation; clinical outcomes; remote diagnosis; telemedicine; surgical planning; clinical training
(This special issue belongs to the Section Digital Health Technologies)
Kinship Care in a Changing Society: Health and Well-Being of Children and Families
edited by , and Yanfeng Xu
submission deadline 5 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open
Keywords: kinship care; child health; child well-being; caregiver health; caregiver well-being; social change; intergenerational caregiving
Common Health Concerns in Older Women: Hormonal, Metabolic, Psychological, and Lifestyle Interactions submission deadline 5 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 26 | Submission Open
Keywords: midlife women; aging; hormonal regulation; metabolic health; cardiovascular risk; psychological well-being; lifestyle interventions; mind– body medicine; exercise and nutrition; integrative healthcare
(This special issue belongs to the Section Women’s and Children’s Health)
Integrated Rehabilitation Services: From Clinical Settings to Communities and Homes
edited by Renato de Souza Melo
submission deadline 6 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 43 | Submission Open
Keywords: rehabilitation; healthcare; chronic diseases; technology; physical therapy; hospitalization; home healthcare
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Care)
Advancing Equity in Maternal and Reproductive Healthcare
edited by Michelle Munro-Kramer and
submission deadline 6 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 37 | Submission Open
Keywords: maternal health; reproductive health; contraception; family planning; gender-based violence; global health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Women’s and Children’s Health)
Integrative Strategies in Exercise, Nutrition, and Health: Preventing Diseases and Promoting Well-Being
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submission deadline 10 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3036 | Submission Open
Keywords: exercise and nutrition; health management; chronic disease prevention; personalized nutrition; exercise interventions; recovery optimization; dietary strategies; supplementation; metabolic health; injury prevention; immune function; mental health; integrative approaches; performance enhancement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Public Health and Preventive Medicine)
Physical Activity Intervention for Non-Communicable Diseases
edited by Karah Dring
submission deadline 10 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1488 | Submission Open
Keywords: physical activity; exercise; children; older adults; health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chronic Care)
Exercise Interventions for Cardiovascular Health: Optimizing Prevention, Rehabilitation and Long-Term Outcomes submission deadline 10 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open
Keywords: exercise interventions; cardiovascular health; cardiac rehabilitation; physical activity; disease prevention; exercise physiology; cardiovascular adaptation; lifestyle modification; chronic disease management; long-term outcomes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Public Health and Preventive Medicine)
The Promotion of Healthcare: A Challenge for Health Professionals and Educators
edited by Silvia Gattino and
submission deadline 12 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 35 | Submission Open
Keywords: healthcare; well-being; action research; gender awareness; public system; clinical skills training; health promotion; inclusive healthcare; respectful healthcare
(This special issue belongs to the Section Healthcare Organizations, Systems, and Providers)
Health Care Professionals' Role in Developing Quality and Patient Safety
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submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3477 | Submission Open
Keywords: patient safety; quality management; safety culture; patient involvement; safety outcomes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Healthcare Quality, Patient Safety, and Self-care Management)
Progress in Clinical Neuropsychology and Neurorehabilitation
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submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1242 | Submission Open
Keywords: clinical neuropsychology; neurorehabilitation; stroke; traumatic brain injury (TBI); concussion; multiple sclerosis (MS); epilepsy; Parkinson’ s disease (PD); spasticity; spinal cord injuries; movement disorders; neuromuscular diseases; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); neurological disorders; Alzheimer’ s disease (AD); children; older patients
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Care)
Global Epidemiology for Blood Pressure and Hypertension
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submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 444 | Submission Open
Keywords: hypertension blood pressure; global epidemiology; prevalence; incidence; risk factors; genetic determinants; environmental factors; lifestyle factors; socioeconomic influences; public health interventions; regional differences; cultural insights; prevention strategies; management strategies; innovative research; digital health
Artificial Intelligence Chatbots and Mental Health submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; chatbots; mental health; attitudes; education; interventions; scales; measurement; ethical issues
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare)
Integrative Interventions in Geropsychology
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submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open
Keywords: integrative interventions; geropsychology; aging; mental health; cognitive– behavioural; mindfulness-based approach; lifestyle modification
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mental Health and Psychosocial Well-being)
Community-Engaged Interventions for Health Equity: Implementation and Impact submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 44 | Submission Open
Keywords: health equity; population health; community health; community engagement; healthcare
(This special issue belongs to the Section Healthcare Organizations, Systems, and Providers)
Challenges and Opportunities for Nurses in Modern Clinical Practice
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submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 38 | Submission Open
Keywords: nursing practice; workforce challenges; professional development; resilience; innovation in nursing; digital health; leadership; communication; interprofessional collaboration; patient-centered care; quality improvement; ethics; evidence-based practice; sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Healthcare Organizations, Systems, and Providers)
Health Promotion, Health Behaviors, and Preventive Care: Multi-Level Educational Approaches submission deadline 16 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 23 | Submission Open
Keywords: health education; health literacy; patient education; health promotion; digital health; e-health; healthcare training; educational interventions; preventive care; community health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Public Health and Preventive Medicine)
Nursing and Rehabilitation for Patients with Chronic Conditions and Disabilities
edited by , Christoph De Oliveira Käppler, and
submission deadline 17 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 47 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable development indicators; health equity; diversity; equity; inclusion; chronic disease; neurology; social vulnerability; health vulnerability; caregivers /family caregivers/informal caregivers; rehabilitation; rehabilitation nursing; nursing; adaptation; psychological; coping strategies; patient safety
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chronic Care)
Strengthening Midwifery Care for Maternal and Newborn Health
edited by and Xiu Zhu
submission deadline 18 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 54 | Submission Open
Keywords: midwifery care; maternal health; newborn health; respectful maternity care; evidence-based practice; health policy; workforce; digital health; continuity of care
(This special issue belongs to the Section Women’s and Children’s Health)
Implementing Context-Aware Models for Real-World Clinical and Administrative Decision Making
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submission deadline 18 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 15 | Submission Open
Keywords: clinical decision support systems (CDSS); explainable artificial intelligence (XAI); translational health informatics; predictive analytics; multimodal data fusion; context-aware decision making
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare)
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