Aims and Scope
The Journal of Intelligent Computing & Health Informatics (JICHI) is an open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal focused on the exchange of information related to intelligent computing and health informatics that can be applied across various sectors, including industry, hospitals, government, and universities.
The journal aims to be a leading platform for research that integrates intelligent computing technologies with applications in the health domain while fostering innovation through a multidisciplinary approach that involves various fields of study.
JICHI covers, but is not limited to, the following topics:
1. Intelligent Computing
- Machine Learning and Reinforcement Learning for health applications.
- Computer Vision and Image Processing in medical diagnostics and medical image analysis.
- Scheduling and Optimization for healthcare resource management.
- Bio-inspired Algorithms for innovative healthcare solutions.
- Intelligent Robotics and human-machine interaction for healthcare.
- Big Data Analytics and Statistical Data Science for clinical decision-making and health data management.
- Decision Support Systems that leverage intelligent technologies to improve diagnostic accuracy and care efficiency.
- Agent-based Systems and Self-organizing systems for adaptive healthcare systems.
2. Health Informatics
- Electronic Health Records and Hospital Information Systems.
- Medical Image Processing & Techniques.
- Data Mining in Healthcare to discover patterns and trends in patient data.
- Bioinformatics and Biostatistics in biomedical data analysis.
- Mobile Applications for patient care and remote health (Telemedicine).
- Systems integration and standardization in health information technology.
- ICT in Health Promotion and e-health programs for patient empowerment and safety.
- Healthcare Quality Assurance and technology assessment to enhance the quality of healthcare services.
- Health Economics Issues and statistical methods for computer-based medical decision support systems.
3. Multidisciplinary and Integration of Sciences
- JICHI encourages contributions that involve a multidisciplinary approach, integrating computer science, engineering, biomedical sciences, health economics, social sciences, and management.
- Topics that connect intelligent computing technologies with ethics, law, and policy in health informatics are highly valued.
- Studies integrating Artificial Intelligence with behavioral sciences to improve patient compliance or develop Human-Centered Design solutions in health device development.