Journal profile · Health Care Sciences & Services
Australian Health Review
ISSN 0156-5788 · eISSN 1449-8944 · CSIRO Publishing · Australia · 6 issues per year · Founded 1978
Australian Health Review: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.22; hybrid open access; median 79 days to acceptance (90 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: 27%; 134 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Australian Health Review is published by CSIRO Publishing 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 Primary Care and Health Outcomes, Global Health Workforce Issues and Healthcare Policy and Management, together about 34.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Australian Health Review explores health policy and management including healthcare delivery systems and health financing.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Health Care Sciences & Services
Editor-in-chief Ann DadichPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions13.7%
- Global Health Workforce IssuesHealth Professions10.6%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.9%
- Healthcare Quality and ManagementHealth Professions6.2%
- Emergency and Acute Care StudiesMedicine5.9%
- Geriatric Care and Nursing HomesHealth Professions5.2%
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.7%
- Interprofessional Education and CollaborationHealth Professions3.6%
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
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 1.22LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.54LetPub ·
- h-index
- 38LetPub ·
- h-index
- 76OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,227OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.47OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 26.69%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 93LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,046 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 | 134 | 52 | 105 |
| 2024 | 143 | 66 | 329 |
| 2023 | 106 | 53 | 410 |
| 2022 | 113 | 74 | 627 |
| 2021 | 132 | 84 | 1,095 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
79 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 39 days – 139 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 0 days (1 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 28 days
- Sample
- 90 articles with submission and acceptance dates (188 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 27%LetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open Access articles
Concordance of surveillance colonoscopy recommended intervals with Australian guidelines: a clinical audit in six Victorian public hospitals Beyond the protocol: navigating ethics and governance in the multicentre implementation trials – the QASC Australasia and T3 Trials Unlocking hidden hospital beds: national medical ward flow measures to make inpatient delays visible Factors associated with th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- CSIRO Publishing
- Country or region
- Australia
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- 6 issues per year
- Founded
- 1978
- ISSN
- 0156-5788
- Electronic ISSN
- 1449-8944
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 50, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Australian Health Review
What CAS zone is Australian Health Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Australian Health Review 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 Australian Health Review?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.22; CiteScore 1.9, h-index 76.
How long does peer review take at Australian Health Review?
Based on the dates recorded on 90 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 79 days (interquartile range 39–139 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “27%”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Australian Health Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Australian Health Review is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Australian Health Review open access, and what is the APC?
Australian Health Review is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .