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Health and Technology

Health and Technology is a cross-disciplinary journal addressing health, care, and health technology professions. It is jointly published by Springer and the IUPESM in cooperation with the World Health Organization, serves a diverse readership involved in health technologies, follows a double-blind review procedure, and covers topics including patient safety, disease management, e-health, data security, and health technology assessment.

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Subject Medical Informatics
Impact Factor 2.8
Quartile Q3
Open Access Type Hybrid
ISSN 2190-7188
eISSN 2190-7196
Invitation Only No
Cost Range Open access APC: £2590.00 GBP / $3490.00 USD / €2890.00 EUR; subscription publishing: no APC charges apply.

Submission Instructions

Health and Technology accepts the following article types. Click on an article type to view submission instructions.

Review Article

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract A structured abstract is required for Review Articles. Abstract must be up to 250 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must be divided into Purpose, Methods, Results, and Conclusions.
Manuscript Manuscript must not exceed 5000 words excluding the abstract, tables, figure legends, and references. Manuscript must include 4 to 6 keywords, a heading titled 'Statements and Declarations' after the References section, documentation of any Large Language Model use in the Methods section or another suitable section if no Methods section is available, a contribution statement identifying who had the idea for the article, who performed the literature search and data analysis, and who drafted and/or critically revised the work, and a disclosure statement.
References References must use a numbered citation style with citations in square brackets. Reference list entries must be numbered consecutively, include only works cited in the text that have been published or accepted for publication, and include full DOI links when available.
Figures & Tables Figures should be submitted within the body of the text, with large figures submitted separately only if file size causes upload problems. Figures and tables must be numbered using Arabic numerals and cited in consecutive numerical order, tables must include a caption, and figure titles or captions must not be included within the illustrations.
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Original Research

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract A structured abstract is required for Original Research articles. Abstract must not exceed 250 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must be divided into Purpose, Methods, Results, and Conclusions.
Manuscript Manuscript must not exceed 3500 words excluding the abstract, tables, figure legends, and references. Manuscript must be organized into Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, References, Tables, Legends to Figures, and Figures. Manuscript must include 4 to 6 keywords, a heading titled 'Statements and Declarations' after the References section, a Funding statement, documentation of any Large Language Model use in the Methods section or another suitable section if Methods is unavailable, and a disclosure statement.
References Citations must be numbered in square brackets in the text and the reference list must be numbered consecutively and include only works cited in the text that have been published or accepted for publication.
Figures & Tables Figures should be submitted within the body of the text, with large figures submitted separately only if file size causes upload problems. Tables and figures must be numbered using Arabic numerals, tables must include a caption and be cited in consecutive numerical order in the text, and figure parts must be denoted by lowercase letters.
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Original Articles

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract A structured abstract is required for Original Articles. Abstract must not exceed 250 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must be divided into Purpose, Methods, Results, and Conclusions.
Manuscript Manuscript must not exceed 3500 words excluding the abstract, tables, figure legends, and references. Manuscript must be organized into Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, References, Tables, Legends to Figures, and Figures. Manuscript must include 4 to 6 keywords, a heading titled 'Statements and Declarations' after the References section, a Funding statement, documentation of any Large Language Model use in the Methods section or a suitable alternative section, and a disclosure statement.
References References must be cited in the text using numbers in square brackets. Reference list entries must be numbered consecutively and include only works cited in the text that have been published or accepted for publication, with DOI links included when available.
Figures & Tables Figures should be submitted within the body of the text, and large figures should be submitted separately only if file size causes upload problems. Figures and tables must be numbered in Arabic numerals and cited in consecutive numerical order, each table must include a caption, and figure titles or captions must not be included within the illustrations.
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Short Research Communication

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract A structured abstract is required for Short Research Communications. Abstract must not exceed 200 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must be divided into Purpose, Methods, Results, and Conclusions.
Manuscript Manuscript must not exceed 1200 words excluding the structured 200 word abstract, tables, figure legends, and references. Sections should be organized as for Original Research. Manuscript must include 4 to 6 keywords, a heading titled 'Statements and Declarations' after the References section, a Funding statement, and documentation of any Large Language Model use in the Methods section or another suitable part of the manuscript.
References References must be cited by numbers in square brackets in the text and listed consecutively in a numbered reference list containing only works cited in the text that have been published or accepted for publication.
Figures & Tables Figures should be submitted within the body of the text, with large figures submitted separately only if file size causes upload problems. Figures and tables must be numbered with Arabic numerals, tables must include a caption and be cited in consecutive numerical order in the text, and figure parts must be denoted by lowercase letters.
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Brief Original Research

Cover Letter Cover letter must mention any unpublished material included in the manuscript.
Abstract A structured abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 200 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must be divided into Purpose, Methods, Results, and Conclusions.
Manuscript Manuscript must not exceed 1200 words excluding the structured 200 word abstract, tables, figure legends, and references. Sections should be organized as for Original Research. Manuscript must include 4 to 6 keywords, a 'Statements and Declarations' heading after the References section, a Funding statement, conflict of interest declarations, and documentation of any Large Language Model use in the Methods section or a suitable alternative section.
References References must be cited in the text using numbered citations in square brackets. Reference list entries must be numbered consecutively and include only works cited in the text that have been published or accepted for publication, with full DOI links when available.
Figures & Tables Figures should be submitted within the body of the text, with large figures submitted separately only if file size causes upload problems. Figures and tables must be numbered using Arabic numerals, tables must include a caption and be cited in consecutive numerical order in the text, and figure parts must be denoted by lowercase letters.
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Case Series

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract A structured abstract is required. Abstract must be 150 to 250 words, with allowance up to 450 words if needed for full compliance with relevant reporting guidelines. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must be divided into Purpose, Methods, Results, and Conclusions.
Manuscript Manuscript must include 4 to 6 keywords, a heading titled 'Statements and Declarations' after the References section, a Funding statement, conflict of interest declarations, and documentation of any Large Language Model use in the Methods section or a suitable alternative section.
References Citations must use numbered references in square brackets. References must be numbered consecutively, include only works cited in the text that are published or accepted for publication, and include full DOI links when available.
Figures & Tables Figures should be submitted within the body of the text, with large figures submitted separately only if file size causes upload problems. Figures and tables must be numbered with Arabic numerals, cited in consecutive numerical order, tables must include captions, and figure titles or captions must not appear within the illustrations.
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Research Letter

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract must not be included.
Manuscript Manuscript must not exceed 600 words. Manuscript must include 4 to 6 keywords, a heading titled 'Statements and Declarations' after the References section, a Funding statement, and documentation of any Large Language Model use in the Methods section or another suitable section if no Methods section is available.
References Citations must be numbered in square brackets in the text and the reference list must be numbered consecutively, include only cited published or accepted works, and provide full DOI links when available.
Figures & Tables Figures should be embedded within the body of the text, with large figures submitted separately only if file size causes upload problems. Figures and tables must be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals, tables must include captions and be cited in text order, and figure parts must be labeled with lowercase letters.
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Correspondence

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract must not be included.
Manuscript Manuscript must not exceed 600 words. Correspondence should begin with "Dear Editor." Manuscript must include a heading titled "Statements and Declarations" after the references, include a Funding statement, document any use of a Large Language Model in a suitable part of the manuscript, and provide 4 to 6 keywords.
References Citations must use numbers in square brackets and the reference list must be numbered consecutively and include only works cited in the text that have been published or accepted for publication.
Figures & Tables Figures should be submitted within the body of the text, with large figures submitted separately only if file size causes upload problems. Tables and figures must be numbered in Arabic numerals, tables must include a caption, and titles or captions must not be placed within illustrations.
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Recent Publications

The declaration of Adelaide white paper: guidelines for author responsibility in peer review

Loredana G. Marcu, Chris Clement, Anna Friedl, Richard Harbron, Werner Rühm, Magdalena Stoeva, Michael Thorne, Iuliana Toma-Dasu, Jamie Trapp, Andrzej Wojcik, Gayle Woloschak

10.1007/s12553-026-01090-x
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Development of an integrated DICOM tag database tool for protocol evaluation and longitudinal trend analysis

Choirul Anam, Ariij Naufal, Heri Sutanto, Evi Setiawati, Geoff Dougherty

10.1007/s12553-026-01089-4
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Implementation-oriented evaluation of IMRT and VMAT configurations for prostate radiotherapy: a decision-support framework for technique selection

Florentina Larisa Coc, Loredana G. Marcu

10.1007/s12553-026-01087-6
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Differentiation and risk stratification for gastrointestinal stromal tumors with endoscopic images using deep learning

Qiao Zheng, Wenhao Guo, Sunjun Li, Long Zhang, Jiayue Sun, Jiaye Cui, Xiance Jin, Zhen Sun

10.1007/s12553-026-01088-5
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From GDPR compliance to cyber resilience: Systemic vulnerabilities in Czech healthcare technology

Anna Horňáková, David Jirsa, Martin Staněk, Petr Šmíd

10.1007/s12553-026-01086-7
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Frequently asked questions

How long does it take to publish?

Articles are published online after receipt of corrected proofs.

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Is a cover letter required?

A submission letter is used when suggesting reviewers and when noting unpublished material included in the manuscript.

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What are the publication costs?

Open access APC: £2590.00 GBP / $3490.00 USD / €2890.00 EUR. Subscription publishing is available with no APC charges.

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Research Topics

Mobile Health and mHealth Applications Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Electronic Health Records Systems Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education COVID-19 diagnosis using AI Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Biomedical and Engineering Education Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging AI in cancer detection Quality and Safety in Healthcare Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry Radiation Dose and Imaging Machine Learning in Healthcare Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Technology Use by Older Adults Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Health Literacy and Information Accessibility Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy Healthcare Technology and Patient Monitoring Wireless Body Area Networks

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