Aims and Scope

BioHealth Informatics (BHI) is an official journal of Japan Association for Medical Informatics (JAMI). This open access, peer-reviewed online journal provides a forum for original research, practical studies, and methodological advances in medical informatics. Our scope encompasses (but are not limited to) electronic health records, clinical decision support, health data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning applications, natural language processing, telemedicine, mobile health, interoperability and standards, medical information system development/management, security and privacy protection, education and training, and socio-technical aspects of health information technology. Submissions detailing system design, implementation, evaluation, and informatics education are also encouraged.

Our mission is to advance the effective use of information technology in healthcare and public health, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and informing practice in the field.

Copyright, Open Access and Fees

All articles in BHI are published under the Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 (Attribution 4.0 International). This license allows users to share and adapt an article, even commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given.

Copyright on any open access article in BHI is retained by the author(s). Authors grant the Society a license to publish the article and identify itself as the original publisher. A Licence to Publish form is available here. All authors of the manuscript should be listed in this form and the corresponding author should upload this to the submission system along with the manuscript files.

There is no submission fee and publication fee for this journal. However, Authors are required to pay an excess page fee of 20,000 Japanese yen (tax excluded) per journal typeset page if manuscripts exceed the stated typeset page limits in Table 1.
Invited manuscripts are exempt from excess page fees.

Table 1

Manuscript type Typeset page limits  Excess page fee
Original Article 9 typeset pages 20,000 JPY (+tax)
/per typeset page
Review Article 11 typeset pages
Technical Note, Data Report
7 typeset pages
Short Communication,
Perspective, Tutorial
5 typeset pages
Letter to Editor 3 typeset pages

Color reproduction is free of charge for both online publication and reprints.

Journal Information

Online ISSN: 2760-8395
Publisher: Japan Association for Medical Informatics
Established: 2026
Frequency: Continuous publication
Indexed in: J-STAGE