About the Journal

SYNAPSE Journal of Healthcare Innovation & Future Technologies is an internationally acclaimed, peer-reviewed, open-access original research journal dedicated to helping the world's health care professionals, policy makers, researchers, and industry move toward and identify innovative solutions.

The journal publishes all types of original work related to healthcare innovation, digital healthcare, medical technologies, biomedical sciences, health informatics, artificial intelligence, as well as other emerging fields related to healthcare and technology.

SYNAPSE is a global meeting place for researchers, healthcare professionals, academicians, scientists, technologists, and innovators to highlight new inventions, solutions, emerging technologies and concepts on various aspects of modern healthcare. The journal adheres to a strict protocol of peer review to establish the highest quality research, publication excellence, innovation, and international academic cooperation.

Scope of the Journal

The journal SYNAPSE is mainly interested in:

• Healthcare Innovation – new ideas, solutions and technologies that could be used to enhance the healthcare system and its performance.
• Digital Health – digital technologies, solutions and applications for healthcare and its delivery.
• Healthcare Artificial Intelligence – application of AI and machine learning technologies to healthcare diagnostics, decision-making, forecasting and service provision.
• Medical Technology – new equipment, technologies, innovations and solutions related to diagnosing and clinical practice.
• Future Healthcare Systems – innovative healthcare systems, models, approaches, and infrastructure for future challenges to healthcare.
• Translational Innovation – research linking scientific and technological advances with clinical practice.
• Emerging Healthcare Technologies – new technologies and their potential for clinical practice and health sciences.

The journal welcomes multidisciplinary research where both healthcare and technological views are useful for addressing the research question. Papers that do not fit within the healthcare, medical technology, digital health, or innovations topics will likely not be accepted for consideration.

Publishing Model

SYNAPSE follows a double-blind peer-review model. Manuscripts are evaluated by independent subject experts, with at least two reviewers involved for Original Research Articles, Review Articles, Systematic Reviews/Meta-analyses, Short Communications, and Case Reports.

The journal is published quarterly and provides immediate open access to all published articles without subscription or reader charges.

SYNAPSE currently has no article processing charge (APC) for any article type.

Publisher and Journal Details

Commitment to Responsible Publishing

SYNAPSE adheres to the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). If applicable, the authors should also adhere to the respective reporting guidelines of the EQUATOR Network.

SYNAPSE stands for accountable authorship, transparency, ethics in research, and integrity of the published scholarly work.