S3EF-HBCAs: Secure and Sustainable Software Engineering Framework for Healthcare Blockchain Applications

BHTY is the first Open Access journal in its field, bridging research excellence with real world market impact, publishing interdisciplinary research at the intersection of medical informatics, decentralized computing, and healthcare systems engineering, with emphasis on blockchain enabled and data driven digital health infrastructures. Learn more, including APC details, on Aims & Scope. BHTY is widely indexed by relevant services and databases, including PubMed Central/PubMed, Scopus, and DOAJ. Scopus Quartile (Q3); SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) H-index: 12. Learn more about journal features and benefits here.

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