Blockchain in Healthcare Today

Blockchain in Healthcare Today | Call for Papers

Published: Tue, 02/15/22

CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS

Blockchain in Healthcare Today (BHTY) is the world’s leading open access, peer reviewed publication that amplifies and disseminates distributed ledger technology research and innovations in healthcare, information systems, clinical computing, network technology and biomedical sciences.

As innovation moves out of academia and into real world scenarios with more applications leveraging decentralized ledgers, Blockchain in Healthcare Today invites research authors across multidisciplinary collaboratives are invited to present new insights, research and results including theoretical constructs, reviews, case use, technical briefs, position papers and guidelines reports impacting the field in healthcare.

Topics include but are not limited to:

Integration of AI and machine learning in blockchain applications
NFT's and their usage in healthcare applications
Tokenization of data, healthcare DAOs, and DeFi for healthcare data
Revenue cycle automation
Healthcare information systems & interoperability
Cyber physical systems
Blockchain in mobile cellular networks
Blockchain in next generation communications and networks

Distributed consensus and fault tolerance mechanisms
Privacy preservation, trust and identity
Decentralization, scalability, and security
Performance analysis and optimization
Smart contracts and chain code
Policy and regulation around the globe
Quantum Computing
Medical devices and equipment security and authentication

Submission Deadlines

BHTY is published on a continuous basis. Manuscripts that are peer reviewed and accepted for publication are published thereafter in the regular issue.

2021 YTD BHTY manuscript Acceptance Rate: 39%
2021 YTD Days to Accept a final manuscript: 52

Note: the supply chain theme issue is scheduled for publication in October 2022. Manuscripts submitted to the regular issue will be published as soon as possible and on a continuous basis in the regular 2022 journal issue.

Open Access Journal Features

The journal is highly cited compared to other publications in the same field, generating approximately 5 – 44 times more citations than average according to Dimensions analytics.

High academic quality consisting of scientifically sound articles relevant to an international academic and professional audience

Indexed in Scopus, Index Copernicus, Unpaywall, NEBIS, ScienceOpen, Google Scholar and PKP metadata harvester

Recognized member of COPE, the Committee on Publication Ethics

Read in 118 countries with over 300,000 engagements since launch

Average annual reader engagements 41,817

Member of DORA, STM Association, Research Data Alliance (RDA), Wellcome.org (sharing COVID-19 research data), COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition

Exemplary editorial board and reviewer feedback

BHTY recognizes bibliodiversity is important in scientific communications and for public benefit. Early career researchers, women and researchers from emerging nations are encouraged to submit original research manuscripts

BHTY has a waiver policy for APC fees and has exercised this policy

Articles qualify for “Editor’s Choice Award,” based on citations, downloads and views – announced at the annual ConV2X Symposium

Highly active across social media platforms to disseminate and amplify research across relevant academic, public and not for profit ecosystems around the globe

Journal Audience

BHTY's audience includes leadership from international universities, business, payer organizations, consultants, biopharma/device/pharmacy, government, policy, NGO, engineers, health information technologists, cybersecurity, auditors, computational engineers, computer scientists, data scientists, healthcare network users, public health, hospitals, innovation labs, entrepreneurs/startups and students across the globe.

Journal and Submission Details

To submit your work, upload your manuscript to the BHTY Submission Portal

https://blockchainhealthcaretoday.com/index.php/journal/about/submissions

Aims and Scope

https://blockchainhealthcaretoday.com/index.php/journal/about

Information for Authors

https://blockchainhealthcaretoday.com/index.php/journal/authors

Manuscript Preparation

https://blockchainhealthcaretoday.com/index.php/journal/authors-submission

Theme Issue Announced

The BHTY has recently issued a Call for Papers for a supply chain theme issue entitled “Blockchain Tracking and Tracing for the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Device Industry.” Submission Deadline: April 30, 2022

For details please visit https://blockchainhealthcaretoday.com/index.php/journal/call-for-papers

Archived Article Collections

Current Issue: https://blockchainhealthcaretoday.com/index.php/journal/index

For BHTY archived article collections please click the links below

About

Blockchain in Healthcare Today (BHTY) is the world’s first peer reviewed open access journal that amplifies and disseminates distributed ledger technology research and innovations in the healthcare information systems, clinical computing, network technologies and biomedical sciences. Fields of interest include utility for data integrity, privacy preservation, health information systems interoperability, permissioned security for health data, clinical support and clinical trials management, supply chain management, revenue cycle automation, cost and impact, and the integration of AI and machine learning tools in this emerging specialty field of research.

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