Informatics for Health and Social Care

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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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.4

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.815

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	48

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6599

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	378

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

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

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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.

• Navigating the digital divide: A systematic review of eHealth literacy in underserved populations in the United States

  Citation: 289

  Authors: Amy, Anne, Jared, Tessa

• Readability of online health information: implications for health literacy

  Citation: 218

  Authors: Nicholas, Bo J. A.

• Machine learning in autistic spectrum disorder behavioral research: A review and ways forward

  Citation: 197

  Authors: Fadi

• User acceptance of mobile health services from users’ perspectives: The role of self-efficacy and response-efficacy in technology acceptance

  Citation: 191

  Authors: Xiaofei, Xiaocui, Yuanyuan, Fanbo, Xitong, Jiayue

• Investigating factors influencing the adoption of e-Health in developing countries: A patient’s perspective

  Citation: 169

  Authors: M. Rakibul, Yukun, Golam

• Perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use of electronic health records among nurses: Application of Technology Acceptance Model

  Citation: 153

  Authors: Ahmad

• Impact of patient access to their electronic health record: systematic review

  Citation: 148

  Authors: Archana, Talya, Dipak, Glen, Sun, Vasa

• eHealth literacy research—Quo vadis?

  Citation: 138

  Authors: Lena, Heidi, Heidi, Anna-Lena, Julia, Martin

• Implications of telehealth and digital care solutions during COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative literature review

  Citation: 124

  Authors: Bokolo

• Ethics and acceptance of smart homes for older adults

  Citation: 100

  Authors: Pireh, Adriana, Gayle Helane, David

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