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PLOS Digital Health
H-index 18

PLOS Digital Health

2767-3170

Published by: PLOS

https://journals.plos.org/digitalhealth/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 579 24 32 8
Computer Science 601 43 46 9
Medicine 1783 86 86 14

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 235
Documents by Best Scientists*: 206
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 23
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.831
Impact Factor: 7.7

Top Publications

  • A systematic review of federated learning applications for biomedical data

    (2022)
    100 Citations
  • A proteomic survival predictor for COVID-19 patients in intensive care

    (2021)
    74 Citations
  • General practitioners’ perceptions of using virtual primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international cross-sectional survey study

    (2022)
    48 Citations
  • Ideal algorithms in healthcare: Explainable, dynamic, precise, autonomous, fair, and reproducible

    (2022)
    44 Citations
  • The use of mobile apps and fitness trackers to promote healthy behaviors during COVID-19: A cross-sectional survey

    (2022)
    37 Citations
  • Effectiveness of tailored digital health interventions for mental health at the workplace: A systematic review of randomised controlled trials

    (2022)
    36 Citations
  • Regulatory-approved deep learning/machine learning-based medical devices in Japan as of 2020: A systematic review

    (2021)
    35 Citations
  • Heart murmur detection from phonocardiogram recordings: The George B. Moody PhysioNet Challenge 2022

    (2023)
    34 Citations
  • Open challenges in developing digital therapeutics in the United States

    (2022)
    34 Citations
  • Uncertainty-aware deep learning in healthcare: A scoping review

    (2022)
    33 Citations

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