Aim & Scope

Aim

Health Technology and Social Research provides a peer-reviewed venue for health technology and social research. The journal is intended for health-technology researchers, social scientists of medicine, implementation specialists, and health-services teams. Its editorial goal is to publish articles that make the research question, method, evidence, and limitations visible enough for readers to evaluate and reuse.

Core Scope

The journal considers manuscripts in the following areas:

  • Original studies in health technologies with transparent assumptions and evaluable evidence.
  • Research on implementation research that explains methods, data, and interpretation limits.
  • Applied work involving patient experience where practical relevance is supported by analysis rather than assertion.
  • Interdisciplinary work connecting social dimensions of care to adjacent scientific, engineering, health, environmental, social, or policy questions.

Article Types Considered

The journal may consider mixed-methods studies, health technology assessments, implementation reports, qualitative studies, patient-experience research, and reviews. Article type should be selected according to the main contribution, not according to desired length or perceived prestige.

Method and Evidence Expectations

For this field, manuscripts should pay particular attention to:

  • technology context
  • participant or stakeholder sampling
  • implementation setting
  • qualitative or quantitative analysis
  • social and equity implications

Out of Scope

The journal does not consider manuscripts that are purely promotional, lack a research question, duplicate previously published work, make unsupported clinical or policy claims, present unverifiable results, or fall outside health technology and social research. Manuscripts that are technically sound but do not fit the journal's subject identity may be returned before peer review.

Editorial Standard

The journal does not require spectacular novelty. It requires a clear contribution, appropriate citations, transparent methods, relevant ethical approvals where needed, and a limitations section. Reviewers and editors should ask whether the work is trustworthy and useful for its intended readership.