HCist - International Conference on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies



Submissions can be made as full papers, short papers, poster papers and industry papers.

Submission types:


A full paper corresponds to a completed or finished research work, including the discussion of research results. A full paper should have between six and eight pages, considering the template and the guidelines provided.
Download the full paper template (same as the short paper template).

A short paper introduces preliminary results of ongoing research. A short paper should be between four to six pages in length, considering the template and the guidelines provided.
Download the short paper template (same as the full paper template).

A poster paper introduces initial research, ideas, and models at a discussion phase. A poster paper should be between two to three pages in length.
Download the poster paper template (same as the industry paper template).

An industry paper presents practical approaches to research, applications, tools, solutions, etc., aligned with the conference scope and topics. Page length can vary between four and six pages.
Download the industry paper template (same as the poster paper template).

General guidelines:


The papers must be written in English and only original contributions will be accepted. Papers must not have been published before, and not be under review for any other conference or publication.

Your paper must strictly respect the conference guidelines and the corresponding template (according to the submission type). We strongly recommend that you use the available templates as a basis for the edition of your paper.

Submissions will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis, so authors’ names and affiliations should not be included in the initial submission. This information should only be included in the final version of accepted papers.

Based on the review results, a paper can be accepted for the type of the original submission (full paper, short paper, poster paper or industry paper), or for a different type. This means, for instance, that full papers can be accepted as short papers or poster papers only, and that short papers can be accepted as poster papers. Authors will be required to adjust the paper length according to the type of acceptance.

All papers accepted as full or short papers will be in the conference proceedings, to be published by Elsevier as a Procedia Computer Science series volume (which series are indexed by Scopus and Clarivate Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Web of Science (former ISI Thomson)) and will be available on Sciverse ScienceDirect. Poster papers and industry papers will be published in a conference book of abstracts, industry and poster papers (with ISBN).

The authors of accepted full, short and industry papers will see their paper included in the conference program and scheduled for presentation and discussion.

The authors of accepted poster papers must also prepare and print a poster to be exhibited during the conference, following this template. Poster sizes can vary between A2 and A0.
Posters are presented and orally discussed during a poster session.

  • Publications

    Authors of selected papers will be invited to extend their papers for publication in international journals and in edited books.

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