Theme
Digital Therapeutics and Preventive Digital Health Interventions in Digital Life

As digital devices and online environments become deeply embedded in everyday life, digital technologies are increasingly expected not only to treat health problems after they occur, but also to detect early signs in daily contexts, encourage behavioral change, and support prevention. This special issue welcomes studies on digital therapeutics and preventive digital health interventions using VR/AR, wearables, sensors, AI, mobile applications, and remote support. It aims to discuss new forms of digital life that promote physical, psychological, and social well-being, together with issues related to design, evaluation, implementation, and ethics.

Research areas expected to be covered

• Digital therapeutics, therapeutic applications, Software as a Medical Device (SaMD), and programmable medical devices
• Preventive digital health interventions, behavior change support, and health promotion
• Health support, therapeutic support, rehabilitation, and behavior change interventions using VR/AR/MR/XR technologies
• Assessment and preventive support for visual health, including dry eye, digital eye strain, blink frequency, blink completeness, gaze behavior, and tear film stability
• Physiological and behavioral monitoring and feedback using wearables, sensors, IoT devices, smartphones, and related technologies
• AI- and machine learning-based personalized interventions, adaptive support, and just-in-time interventions
• Support for exercise, sleep, posture, lifestyle improvement, and medication/treatment adherence
• Mental health, stress management, and well-being support
• Usability, UX/HCI, accessibility, and engagement design
• Clinical evaluation, empirical studies, social implementation, ethics, privacy, and regulation of digital health interventions

Submission Guidelines
Please refer to the following URL for submission guidelines before submitting your paper to the special issue. The format of the paper can also be downloaded from this page.
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Peer-reviewing Process
The review process is the same as for regular paper submissions.

Submission Deadline
Submissions are still being accepted.

Publication Fee (excluding tax)

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※As a rule, manuscripts should not exceed 10 pages. Additional publication fee may be charged for excess pages of published papers. For more information, please refer to the Instruction to Authours.

Publishing Schedule for the Special Issue
Papers will be published online on the Digital Life website on a rolling basis from April 2027 onward.(Sequentially published upon completion of the peer-review process)

The Editorial Board Member for the Special Issue
Co-Editor-in-Chief: Takehiko Yamaguchi (Suwa University of Science)