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Journal Of Medical Systems

The Journal of Medical Systems focuses on how health information systems are built, evaluated, and used, including decision support, electronic health record-driven analytics, mHealth and consumer tools, workflow engineering and simulation, imaging and signal methods, and the application, ethics and governance of clinical and generative artificial intelligence. Its seven sections are Mobile Health, Implementation Science & Operations Management, Clinical Systems & Electronic Health Records, Image & Signal Processing, Consumer Health, Education & Training, and Health Policy.

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Subject Health Care Sciences & Services, Medical Informatics
Impact Factor 5.7
Quartile Q1
Open Access Type Hybrid
ISSN 0148-5598
eISSN 1573-689X
Invitation Only No
Cost Range Article processing charges (APCs) vary by journal.

Submission Instructions

Journal Of Medical Systems accepts the following article types. Click on an article type to view submission instructions.

Research

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 300 words.
Manuscript Main text must not exceed 4,000 words. Manuscript should be organized as Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, Funding/Conflicts, and Data Availability. Manuscript must include a disclosure statement and a data availability statement explaining how to access supporting data, including links or citations to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study.
References Citations in the text must use numbers in square brackets, and the reference list must be numbered consecutively and include only cited works that have been published or accepted for publication.
Figures & Tables Figure captions must be included in the manuscript text file rather than in the figure file.
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Review

Cover Letter Any unpublished material included in the manuscript must be mentioned in the cover letter.
Abstract An abstract is required for review articles. Abstract must be 150 to 250 words.
Manuscript Review articles must not exceed 5,500 words. Review articles should be organized as Abstract, Rationale/Question, Methods, Results, Critical Synthesis, Practice/Research Implications, and Limitations, and must specify the review type. Review articles must include an author contribution statement in the manuscript and a Declarations section before the references with the required headings included and marked 'Not applicable' when irrelevant.
References Citations must be numbered in square brackets. The reference list must contain only cited published or accepted works, numbered consecutively, with DOI links provided when available.
Figures & Tables Figure captions must be included in the manuscript text file rather than in the figure files. Tables and figures must be numbered with Arabic numerals and cited in consecutive numerical order.
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Educational Article

Cover Letter A cover letter is required to mention any unpublished material included in the manuscript and provide transparency on re-use of material. The cover letter must mention any unpublished material included in the manuscript and provide transparency on re-use of material.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must be 150 to 250 words. Abstract should be included as part of the article structure, but no structured or unstructured abstract format is explicitly required.
Manuscript Manuscript must not exceed 4,000 words. Manuscript should be structured as Abstract, Background/Needs Assessment, Intervention/Design, Methods for Evaluation, Outcomes, Lessons Learned, and Generalizability. Manuscript must include 4 to 6 keywords and a Declarations section before the reference list covering Funding, Competing interests, Ethics approval, Consent, Data and/or Code availability, and Authors’ contribution statements, with non-applicable headings marked 'Not applicable'.
References Citations must be identified by 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 full DOI links when available.
Figures & Tables Figure captions must be included in the manuscript text file rather than in the figure file. Tables and figures must be numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals and each must have a caption.
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Brief Report

Cover Letter A cover letter is required if unpublished material is included in the manuscript. The cover letter must mention any unpublished material included in the manuscript and provide transparency on reuse of material.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must be 150 to 250 words.
Manuscript Brief Reports must not exceed 2,000 words. Brief Reports should use the following structure: Problem/Motivation, Technical Approach, Minimal Validation or Use Case, Availability (code/data if applicable), and Limitations. Manuscript must include 4 to 6 keywords and a declarations section before the references with headings for Funding, Competing interests, Ethics approval, Consent, Data and/or Code availability, and Authors’ contribution statements, using 'Not applicable' where relevant.
References Brief Reports must include no more than 15 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 Brief Reports must include no more than 2 figures or tables. Figure captions must be included in the manuscript text file rather than in the figure files. Figures and tables must be numbered with Arabic numerals and cited in the text in consecutive numerical order.
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Correspondence

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract must not be included.
Manuscript Manuscript must not exceed 1,250 words. Correspondence must clearly cite the discussed paper. A Declarations section before the reference list must include applicable headings for Funding, Competing interests, Ethics approval, Consent, Data and/or Code availability, and Authors’ contribution statements, with non-relevant headings marked 'Not applicable'.
References Reference list must contain no more than 5 references. Citations must be numbered 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.
Figures & Tables Correspondence may include no more than 1 figure. Figure captions must be included in the manuscript text file rather than within the figure file. Correspondence may have no more than 3 authors, and author affiliations must list only the main institution, city, state if applicable, and country without departments.
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Recent Publications

Chronic-pharma: New Platform for Chronic Patients Pharmacotherapy Optimization

Angela María Villalba-Moreno, Mercedes Galván-Banqueri, Aitana Rodríguez-Pérez, María Dolores Toscano-Guzmán, Clara López-Hermoso, Susana Sánchez-Fidalgo, Bernardo Santos-Ramos, Eva Rocío Alfaro-Lara

10.1007/s10916-022-01808-0
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Benchmarking of Anesthesia and Surgical Control Times by Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) Codes

Colby G. Simmons, Nicholas J. Alvey, Alexander M. Kaizer, Kayla Williamson, Adeel A. Faruki, Rachel M. Kacmar, Vesna Jevtovic-Todorovic, Nathaen S. Weitzel

10.1007/s10916-022-01798-z
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Clinical Explainability Failure (CEF) & Explainability Failure Ratio (EFR) – Changing the Way We Validate Classification Algorithms

Vasantha Kumar Venugopal, Rohit Takhar, Salil Gupta, Vidur Mahajan

10.1007/s10916-022-01806-2
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Improving Data Collection and Abstraction to Assess Health Equity in Trauma Care

Kelsey M. Conrick, Brianna Mills, Khadija Mohamed, Eileen M. Bulger, Saman Arbabi, Christopher St. Vil, Danae Dotolo, Esther Solano, Monica S. Vavilala, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, Megan Moore

10.1007/s10916-022-01804-4
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Online Mindfulness Experience for Emotional Support to Healthcare staff in times of Covid-19

Gema Castillo-Sánchez, Olga Sacristán-Martín, María A. Hernández, Irene Muñoz, Isabel de la Torre, Manuel Franco-Martín

10.1007/s10916-022-01799-y
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Frequently asked questions

How long does it take to publish?

Publication route options are offered after the paper has been accepted. The APC price is determined from the date on which the article is accepted for publication.

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Is a cover letter required?

A cover letter may include unpublished material in the manuscript and information verifying suggested reviewers when an institutional email address is unavailable. Authors can suggest peer reviewers in the cover letter.

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What are the publication costs?

Article processing charges (APCs) vary by journal.

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Research Topics

Electronic Health Records Systems Mobile Health and mHealth Applications Healthcare Policy and Management Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization AI in cancer detection Advanced Authentication Protocols Security Wireless Body Area Networks Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring ECG Monitoring and Analysis User Authentication and Security Systems Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Healthcare Technology and Patient Monitoring Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems Machine Learning in Healthcare Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Healthcare Systems and Technology Medical Image Segmentation Techniques IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control Retinal Imaging and Analysis

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