Health Care Science

Aims & Scope

Health Care Science is a high-quality, peer-reviewed, open access journal, which aims to provide a platform for the researchers, scholars, administrators, and innovators to share their research in the quality, evaluation, and technology of healthcare service delivery, healthcare management, and healthcare policy on a scientific basis.

We promote and disseminate high-quality Original Articles, Reviews, Short Communications, Brief Reports, Commentaries, News and Views, Editorials-Invited only and Practices and Policies.

The preference will be given to the articles based on quantitative methods, with emphasis on specific healthcare settings, have impact on real-world operation and policy making, and about emerging hot topics in healthcare.

Currently, Health Care Science is published bi-monthly.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Web of Science

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Medicine, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 2,200.00 USD. Learn more.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Revolutionizing healthcare and medicine: The impact of modern technologies for a healthier future—A comprehensive review

  Citation: 56

  Authors: Aswin, Prabhakar, Ramu, Z. H., Rejith R. S., Neha, Sanjana, Mohsin, Saqib

• China's aging population: A review of living arrangement, intergenerational support, and wellbeing

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Litao

• RETRACTED: Challenges and opportunities of big data analytics in healthcare

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Priyanshi, Rishabha

• Study protocol: A national cross‐sectional study on psychology and behavior investigation of Chinese residents in 2023

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Diyue, Siyuan, Xincheng, Wenjing, Yifan, Ziyi, Baotong, Ruitong, Yuanwei, Jingwen, Hanjia, Yumeng, Saier, Runqing, Han, Ji, Jin, Zheng, Yaxin, Yixiao, Zhuolun, Yan, Na, Jia, Yan, Pei, Jingjing, Yajing, Yong, Yan, Chen, Yujie, Yimiao, Yujia, Rongyi, Xiaomeng, Yuke, Yaoyao, Huixin, Zhaolin, Mingyou, Xinrui, Junyi, Yuelai, Xiaofan, Wenbo, Ting, Chongzhe, Xiaoya, Dan, Siyao, Zhiheng, Chenxi, Xinyue, Lei, Haomiao, Feng, Xiaoming, Xinying, Yibo

• Toward real‐world deployment of machine learning for health care: External validation, continual monitoring, and randomized clinical trials

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Han

• Financial burden of seeking diabetes mellitus care in India: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Sample Survey

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Mehak, Rajesh

• Advancing digital health in China: Aligning challenges, opportunities, and solutions with the Global Initiative on Digital Health (GIDH)

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Ge, Mengchun, You, Li, Boyang, Zhirong

• A systematic evaluation of the performance of GPT‐4 and PaLM2 to diagnose comorbidities in MIMIC‐IV patients

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Peter, Zaid, Abdullatif, Othman

• SkinSage XAI: An explainable deep learning solution for skin lesion diagnosis

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Geetika, Paarth, Vaibhav, Shivendra, Nimish

• Caregiving in Asia: Priority areas for research, policy, and practice to support family caregivers

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Nan, Bei, Yan