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Frontiers in Digital Health is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to exploring how digital technologies can transform healthcare systems, clinical practice, health research, and patient experiences.

The objectives of Frontiers in Digital Health are to advance scientific knowledge in digital healthcare, promote the development and rigorous evaluation of innovative health technologies, encourage the responsible use...

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Carol Maher

University of South Australia

Australia

Specialty Chief Editor

Health Communications and Behavior Change

Heleen Riper

VU Amsterdam

Netherlands

Specialty Chief Editor

Digital Mental Health

Jeremy Wyatt

University of Southampton

United Kingdom

Specialty Chief Editor

Ethical Digital Health

Linda W.P. Peute

Amsterdam University Medical Center

Netherlands

Specialty Chief Editor

Human Factors and Digital Health

Max A. Little

University of Birmingham

United Kingdom

Specialty Chief Editor

Personalized Medicine

Toshiyo Tamura

Waseda University

Japan

Specialty Chief Editor

Connected Health

182 editors · 0 reviewers

About the journal

Scope

Frontiers in Digital Health welcomes original and interdisciplinary research addressing the development, evaluation, implementation, and impact of digital technologies in healthcare.

The journal's scope includes digital health systems and connected care, telemedicine and remote patient monitoring, artificial intelligence and machine learning in healthcare, health informatics and electronic health records, digital mental health, digital health communication and behavior change, personalized and precision medicine, wearable sensors and mobile health applications, clinical decision support systems, digital therapeutics, healthcare data analytics, interoperability and health information systems, human factors and user-centered design, ethical and responsible digital health, privacy and cybersecurity, health technology implementation, health services research, digital health policy, clinical validation of computational methods, and the evaluation of digital interventions in real-world settings.

Submissions must establish a clear connection between digital technology and a healthcare application. Research on health topics without a digital component, or technology without a relevant health application, falls outside the journal's stated scope.

Aims

The objectives of Frontiers in Digital Health are to advance scientific knowledge in digital healthcare, promote the development and rigorous evaluation of innovative health technologies, encourage the responsible use of artificial intelligence and data-driven methods, improve healthcare accessibility and efficiency, support personalized and precision medicine, strengthen telemedicine and remote care, advance digital mental health and patient engagement, promote ethical and equitable digital health innovation, encourage interdisciplinary and international collaboration, improve the implementation of evidence-based digital interventions, and disseminate high-quality research through transparent peer review and open access.

ISSN
2673-253X
Editor-in-Chief
Björn Wolfgang Schuller
Established
2026
Subject area
Digital Health, Health Informatics, Telemedicine, Digital Medicine, Medical Technology, Personalized Medicine, Health Communications, and Healthcare Innovation

Sections

  • Connected Health

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/digital-health/sections/connected-health

  • Digital Mental Health

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/digital-health/sections/digital-mental-health

  • Ethical Digital Health

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/digital-health/sections/ethical-digital-health

  • Health Communications and Behavior Change

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/digital-health/sections/health-communications-and-behavior-change

  • Health Informatics

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/digital-health/sections/health-informatics

  • Health Technology Implementation

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/digital-health/sections/health-technology-implementation

  • Human Factors and Digital Health

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/digital-health/sections/human-factors-and-digital-health

  • Personalized Medicine

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/digital-health/sections/personalized-medicine

Article types accepted

  • Brief Research Report
  • Case Report
  • Classification
  • Clinical Trial
  • Community Case Study
  • Correction
  • Curriculum
  • Instruction
  • and Pedagogy
  • Data Report
  • Editorial
  • FAIR² Data
  • General Commentary
  • Hypothesis and Theory
  • Methods
  • Mini Review
  • Opinion
  • Original Research
  • Perspective
  • Policy Brief
  • Policy and Practice Reviews
  • Review
  • Study Protocol
  • Systematic Review
  • Technology and Code

Fees and currencies

  • Article processing charges (official)
  • - Category A: CHF 3,150 — Original Research, Systematic Review, Methods, Review, Policy and Practice Reviews, Hypothesis and Theory, Clinical Trial, Classification, Technology and Code, Study Protocol
  • - Category B: CHF 2,500 — Mini Review, Perspective, Case Report, Community Case Study, Curriculum, Instruction, and Pedagogy, Data Report, Policy Brief, Brief Research Report, General Commentary, Opinion
  • - Category C: CHF 0 — Correction, Editorial
  • Currency: CHF

Fees are charged only after acceptance. Waivers and discounts are available for authors with limited funding.

Fees and waivers policy

Editorial policies

Open Access Policy: All published articles are freely accessible online under the journal's gold open-access publishing model.

Copyright and Licensing: Authors retain copyright under the publisher's applicable conditions. Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.

Peer Review Policy: The journal uses a single-anonymized peer-review model. Reviewers' identities are not disclosed to authors, while reviewers can see author identities. Editorial decisions are handled by the relevant editors.

Research Ethics: Authors must comply with applicable ethical standards for studies involving human participants, personal data, and animals.

Publication Ethics: Authors must avoid plagiarism, duplicate publication, fabrication, falsification, and other forms of research misconduct. Funding and conflicts of interest must be disclosed.

Data Availability and Reproducibility: Authors should follow applicable requirements for data availability, computational validation, software documentation, and supporting research materials.

Corrections and Retractions: Published work may be corrected or retracted in accordance with the publisher's policies and research integrity standards.

Article Processing Charges: Publication fees apply to accepted manuscripts according to the article type and the journal's current fee schedule.

Official policies: https://www.frontiersin.org/about/author-guidelines Open access and journal information: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/digital-health/about Fee policy: https://www.frontiersin.org/about/fee-policy

Instructions for authors

Authors submitting manuscripts to Frontiers in Digital Health must select the appropriate specialty section and follow the journal's current author guidelines.

Manuscripts must present original, scientifically rigorous research relevant to digital healthcare. Authors should provide a clear title, abstract, keywords, author affiliations, and corresponding-author information. Manuscripts must follow the applicable structure and formatting requirements for their article type.

Research involving human participants, personal health information, or animals must include the relevant ethics approval, consent statements, and regulatory declarations where applicable. Authors must disclose funding sources, conflicts of interest, author contributions, and acknowledgments.

Studies involving artificial intelligence, machine learning, computational models, or publicly available datasets should provide appropriate methodological details, validation, and reproducibility information. Authors should describe data availability and provide links to code, software, or research materials when required.

Figures, tables, references, supplementary materials, and third-party content must comply with the journal's technical and copyright requirements. Authors are expected to respond to reviewer comments and comply with applicable research integrity and publication ethics policies.

Official Author Guidelines: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/digital-health/for-authors/author-guidelines

Journal metrics

Citation score
6.8
Impact indicator
1.22
Articles
50
Total views
0
Downloads
0
Citations
23,359

Internal metrics, calculated on this platform and maintained by the editorial office.

Official bibliometric indicators

Impact factor
5.2
CiteScore
6.8
Citations
23359
Acceptance rate
55
Time to publication
98

Source: official publisher page · retrieved 2026-10-16

Some values were updated by the editorial office on 2026-10-21.