Journal profile · Medicine-Health Policy
American Health and Drug Benefits
ISSN 1942-2962 · eISSN 1942-2970 · Engage Healthcare Communications, LLC · UNITED STATES
American Health and Drug Benefits: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1; subscription journal; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
American Health and Drug Benefits is published by Engage Healthcare Communications, LLC and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy and Heart Failure Treatment and Management, together about 46.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
AHDB welcomes articles on clinical-, policy-, and business-related topics relevant to the integration of the forces in healthcare that affect the cost and quality of healthcare delivery, improve healthcare quality, and ultimately result in access to care, focusing on health organization structures and processes, health information, health policies, health and behavioral economics, as well as health technologies, products, and patient behaviors relevant to value-based quality of care.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Health Policy
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance20%
- Pharmaceutical Economics and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance20%
- Heart Failure Treatment and ManagementMedicine6.7%
- Recommender Systems and TechniquesComputer Science6.7%
- Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular HealthMedicine6.7%
- Fuel Cells and Related MaterialsEngineering6.7%
- Mechanical Circulatory Support DevicesEngineering6.7%
- Data Quality and ManagementDecision Sciences6.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.25LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.63LetPub ·
- h-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Engage Healthcare Communications, LLC
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1942-2962
- Electronic ISSN
- 1942-2970
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about American Health and Drug Benefits
What CAS zone is American Health and Drug Benefits in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, American Health and Drug Benefits is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Health Care Sciences & Services / Health Policy & Services. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of American Health and Drug Benefits?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1; CiteScore 2.9, h-index 0.
Which databases index American Health and Drug Benefits?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, American Health and Drug Benefits is indexed in Scopus.
Is American Health and Drug Benefits open access, and what is the APC?
American Health and Drug Benefits is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .