The Journal of Contemporary Healthcare Analytics is a scholarly publication dedicated to the advancement of healthcare analytics. The journal provides a platform for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to exchange ideas, share insights, and disseminate innovative approaches for analyzing healthcare data. The focus of the journal is on the use of quantitative methods, including statistical modeling, machine learning, data mining, and optimization, to improve healthcare outcomes, reduce costs, and enhance the patient experience.
Current Issue
Vol. 7 No. 1 (2023): J Contemp Healthc Analytics:2023
Call for Papers: Journal of Contemporary Healthcare Analytics
The Journal of Contemporary Healthcare Analytics (JCHA) is a peer-reviewed academic journal that focuses on research related to healthcare analytics. The journal aims to provide a platform for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to exchange knowledge, ideas, and experiences related to contemporary healthcare analytics.
We invite original research articles, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses related to healthcare analytics. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Predictive analytics in healthcare
- Healthcare data mining
- Machine learning in healthcare
- Big data analytics in healthcare
- Clinical decision support systems
- Healthcare quality improvement through analytics
- Healthcare supply chain management using analytics
- Healthcare fraud detection using analytics
- Healthcare policy analysis using analytics
The journal also welcomes case studies, research protocols, and technical notes that demonstrate practical applications of healthcare analytics. All submissions will be subjected to a rigorous peer-review process to ensure high-quality publications.
Submission Guidelines:
- Manuscripts should be submitted online through the JCHA website.
- The manuscript should be original and not published or under consideration elsewhere.
- The manuscript should adhere to the JCHA formatting guidelines.
- The manuscript should be accompanied by a cover letter that explains the significance and novelty of the research.
- The manuscript should include a clear and concise abstract that summarizes the research.
- Manuscripts will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers.
Important Dates:
- Manuscript submission deadline: August 31, 2022
- Notification of review outcomes: October 31, 2022
- Revised manuscript submission deadline: December 31, 2022
- Final acceptance notification: January 15, 2023
- Publication: March 2024
We look forward to receiving your submissions and contributing to the advancement of healthcare analytics research. For any further queries, please contact the JCHA editorial team.
Published: 2023-01-05
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Peer Review Policy for the Journal of Contemporary Healthcare Analytics
The Journal of Contemporary Healthcare Analytics (JCHA) is committed to maintaining the highest standards of academic integrity and excellence in research. To achieve this, all manuscripts submitted to JCHA undergo a rigorous peer-review process.
Peer review is an essential component of the publication process, ensuring that published research is of high quality and meets the standards of the scientific community. All manuscripts submitted to JCHA are reviewed by at least two independent experts in the field who are selected based on their expertise, research experience, and scholarly contributions.
The peer-review process at JCHA is double-blind, which means that the identities of both the authors and the reviewers are concealed from each other. This ensures that the review process is unbiased and based solely on the scientific merit of the manuscript.
The review process at JCHA follows the following steps:
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Initial review: All manuscripts are first reviewed by the editorial team to ensure that they meet the journal's scope and requirements.
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Peer review: After passing the initial review, the manuscript is assigned to at least two independent experts in the field for peer review. Reviewers are asked to provide a detailed evaluation of the manuscript's scientific merit, originality, methodology, and relevance to the journal's scope.
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Editorial decision: Based on the feedback from the reviewers, the editorial team makes a decision on the manuscript. The decision may be to accept, reject, or request revisions. Authors are given detailed feedback on the reviewer's comments and suggestions.
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Revision: If revisions are requested, authors are given a specific timeframe to make the revisions and resubmit the manuscript.
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Final decision: After revisions, the manuscript is reviewed again by the same reviewers, and a final decision is made by the editorial team. Once a manuscript is accepted, it undergoes copyediting, proofreading, and formatting before being published online.
JCHA is committed to providing timely and constructive feedback to authors throughout the peer-review process. We aim to provide a fair, transparent, and constructive peer-review process that ensures the quality and integrity of published research.
We welcome feedback from authors, reviewers, and readers on the peer-review process and will continuously review and improve our policies to ensure the highest quality of publications.