Collections and calls for papers

Advanced machine learning and health-related multi-omics data

This cross-journal collection welcomes articles presenting novel developments and applications of advanced machine learning methods in multi-omics data with clinical relevance for human health, from the pers...

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Closed
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Big Data and Machine Learning in Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics

This collection welcomes articles presenting novel developments in artificial intelligence, big data analysis and cloud computing in both biology and medicine, and their applications to the analysis of high-...

  • Frank Eisenhaber
  • Somali Chaterji
  • Khanh N.Q. Le
Submission status
Closed
Articles available
Big Data and Machine Learning in Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics

This collection welcomes articles presenting novel developments in artificial intelligence, big data analysis and cloud computing in both biology and medicine, and their applications to the analysis of high-...

  • Frank Eisenhaber
  • Somali Chaterji
  • Khanh N.Q. Le
Submission status
Closed
Articles available
This is a cross journal collection
Computational techniques for drug repositioning

This collection welcomes studies on the latest advances in the field of data-driven drug repurposing/repositioning through the use of computational techniques and strategies, presenting theoretical approache...

  • Alejandro Rodríguez González
  • Lucía Prieto Santamaría
  • Pu-Feng Du
Submission status
Open
Submission deadline
22 May 2024
Computational tools for infection control

The collection aims to focus on the convergence of two crucial issues in healthcare: the use and integration of automated tools such as artificial intelligence into the healthcare sector and the long-standin...

Submission status
Open
Submission deadline
16 January 2025
Counterfactual Prediction Models in Medicine

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making is calling for submissions to our Collection on Counterfactual Prediction Models in Medicine. Prediction models are not assured to be usable in counterfactual mode...

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Closed
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Data sources and registries in healthcare

This collection welcomes articles describing the development or the novel application of health-related data sources and data banks, federated database systems and other data sharing initiatives, clinical re...

  • Andrew D. Boyd
Submission status
Open
Submission deadline
30 May 2024
Articles available
Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Health and Medicine

BMC Medical Ethics & BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making are calling for submissions to our Collection on Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Health and Medicine. Today, there is a need to bring up ...

  • Nan Liu
  • Kadri Simm
  • Honghan Wu
Submission status
Closed
Health information privacy and security

The widespread adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) and the ultra-cheap data collection and processing technologies has led to the collection and processing of large amounts of health-related data. T...

  • Tony Sahama
  • Kassaye Yitbarek Yigzaw
Submission status
Closed
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Natural language processing in medical informatics

The collection welcomes original research on recent advancements in NLP techniques, pre-trained language models, and clinical question-answering systems. As well as the development and evaluation of NLP algo...

  • Honghan Wu
Submission status
Open
Submission deadline
16 August 2024
Articles available
Open source medical software

This collection welcomes articles presenting novel developments in open-source medical software used to diagnose, manage, and monitor human diseases, and their practical applications across all medical field...

  • Shawn Murphy
Submission status
Open
Submission deadline
20 July 2024
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Patient Involvement and Shared Decision Making

Stakeholders involved in drug development, evaluation, and clinical use are presently calling for evidence-based insights into ways for assessing and including patients’ preferences in a meaningful and syste...

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Closed
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Sensor informatics and disease prediction

This collection welcomes submissions on novel developments in the field of sensor informatics, for disease prevention and health risk assessment, early disease detection, and monitoring of chronic diseases. ...

  • Fazlullah Khan
  • Imran Razzak
  • T Poongodi
Submission status
Open
Submission deadline
25 July 2024
Articles available