[NOTE: See the section in this Call regarding Open Access Funding for information about possible author publication fees. For more general information about these fees, see AJE Scholar’s “Understanding Submission and Publication Fees” and Wikipedia’s entry on Article Processing Charges. –Matthew]

Call for Papers:

Responsible AI in Healthcare Collection: Bridging Technical Innovation and Multi-Stakeholder Needs
For Discover Artificial Intelligence (Springer Nature)
https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=ind2603&L=BCS-HCI&O=D&P=10854
https://link.springer.com/collections/ccieiafgad

Deadline for submissions: October 5, 2026

We are pleased to share a call for our topical collection on “Responsible AI in Healthcare: Bridging Technical Innovation and Multi-Stakeholder Needs” in Discover Artificial Intelligence (Springer Nature, SJR 2024: 0.876, H-Index: 15, Q1 in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition).

This collection brings together researchers, clinicians, engineers, ethicists, and policymakers working at the intersection of AI and healthcare. We are particularly interested in work that moves beyond proof-of-concept to address real-world deployment, multi-stakeholder validation, and responsible governance.

We Welcome Work From

Whether your background is in computer science, biomedical engineering, clinical research, HCI, ethics, or health policy — if your work engages with AI in healthcare contexts, this collection is for you. We especially encourage submissions that:

• Present empirical studies with clinicians, patients, or caregivers
• Propose or evaluate frameworks for responsible AI in clinical settings
• Address underrepresented populations or equity concerns in health AI
• Combine technical contributions with human-centered or ethical perspectives

Topics Include

• Human-Centered AI
• Co-design methodologies
• Algorithmic fairness
• Clinical validation
• Explainable AI
• Governance and regulation
• Neurorehabilitation
• Wearables and adaptive interfaces
• Telehealth
• Multimodal health data
• Privacy and informed consent

Key Information

• Submission Deadline: October 5, 2026
• Article Types: Research, Review, Brief Report, Case Study, Methodology, Perspective
• Submission Portal: https://www.springer.com/journal/44163/submission-guidelines (Select this collection from the drop-down on the ‘Details’ tab)
• Full collection details: https://link.springer.com/collections/ccieiafgad

Open Access Funding: Many institutions have existing APC agreements with Springer Nature — check your eligibility at: https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-science/funding/articles#c14214262

For any questions, reach out to Tommaso Turchi at tommaso.turchi@unipi.it

Guest Editors

• Giuseppe Prencipe, Associate Professor, University of Pisa, Italy
• Silvia Filogna, Researcher, IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris, Italy
• Tommaso Turchi, Research Fellow, University of Pisa, Italy

We look forward to receiving your submissions!

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