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Publication dynamics
Guest Editors:
Mueen Ahmed KK, PhD, Phcog.net, India
Igor Burstyn, PhD, Drexel University, USA
Gokhan Tazegul, PhD, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Türkiye
Demeng Xia, MSc, Changhai Hospital, Naval Medical University, China
Submission Status: Open until 20 December 2024
Patient-centric approaches
Guest Editors:
Violeta Moizé Arcone, RD, PhD, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Spain
Yitka Graham, PhD, BSc (Hons), FCMI, FRSA, CMgr, University of Sunderland, UK
Tito R. Mendoza, PhD, US National Cancer Institute, USA
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Submission Status: Open until 8 December 2024
Open science: bias, challenges, and barriers
Guest Editors:
Tim Mathes, PhD, University Medical Center Goettingen, Germany
Rahul Mhaskar, MPH, PhD, University of South Florida, USA
Livia Puljak, MD, PhD, Catholic University of Croatia, Croatia
Matt Vassar, PhD, Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, USA
Submission Status: Open until 30 November 2024
Inclusive methodological awareness for equity and diversity
Guest Editors:
Rosemary M. Caron, PhD, MPH, MGH Institute of Health Professions School of Healthcare Leadership, USA
Elochukwu Ezenwankwo, MSc (Med), MPH, Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health, USA
Submission Status: Open until 30 August 2024
Data science methodologies
Guest Editor:
Imran Ashraf: PhD, Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Yeungnam University, Republic of Korea
Submission Status: Open until 17 August 2024
Published
Prediction methods for rare diseases or outcomes
Guest Editors:
Cindy Feng: Dalhousie University, Canada
Longhai Li: University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Chang Xu: Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, China
Medical reversals in healthcare: factors, assessment, quantification
Guest Editors: Wynne E. Norton and Fares Alahdab
Causal inference and observational data
Guest Editors:
Ivan Olier: Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Victor Volovici: Erasmus University of Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Yiqiang Zhan: Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
2021
Article collection
Methods and Applications for Real World Data: Opportunities and Challenges for an evidence based approach
Guest editors: Prof. Panagiotakos and Prof. Liu
Collection opened: August 2021
2020
Article collection
Methodologies for COVID-19 research and data analysis
Guest editors: Prof. Puljak and Prof. Wolkewitz
Collection opened: March 2020
Collection closed: March 2021
Annual Journal Metrics
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Citation Impact 2023
Journal Impact Factor: 3.9
5-year Journal Impact Factor: 6.5
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.701
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 1.632
Speed 2023
Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 18
Submission to acceptance (median days): 210
Usage 2023
Downloads: 4,638,094
Altmetric mentions: 3,126
Peer-review Terminology
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The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal:
Identity transparency: Single anonymized
Reviewer interacts with: Editor
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