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Infodemics

Guest Editors
Zahid Ahmad Butt, MBBS, PhD, University of Waterloo, Canada
Becky White, PhD, Curtin University, Australia


Submission Status: Open until 5 January 2026

High-dimensional statistics and omics data analysis

Guest Editors:
Zeeshan Ahmed, PhD, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, USA
Niansheng Tang, PhD, Yunnan University, China
Chao Xu, PhD, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA


Submission Status: Open until 12 December 2025

Evidence synthesis: from current practice to future advances

Guest Editors
Chang Xu, PhD, Proof of Concept Center, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Third Affiliated Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Naval Medical University, China

Submission Status: Open until 13 August 2025

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 30 June 2025

Master protocols

Guest Editors
Franz König, MA, MD, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Gilmar Reis, MD, MA, PhD, Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Brazil & McMaster University, Canada

Submission Status: Open until 30 May 2025

Published

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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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
 

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

 

Data science methodologies

Guest Editor:
Imran Ashraf: PhD, Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Yeungnam University, Republic of Korea
 

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
 

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

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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 2024
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 5
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 229

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