Journal profile · Multiple
Health Affairs Scholar
ISSN 2976-5390 · Oxford University Press
Health Affairs Scholar: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2026 Xinrui edition); impact factor 12 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 3,150; median 66 days to acceptance (115 articles, last 24 months); 262 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Health Affairs Scholar is published by Oxford University Press and is classed under Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Healthcare Policy and Management, Primary Care and Health Outcomes and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, together about 36.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions and Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Health Affairs Scholar is a fully open access, peer-reviewed journal of emerging and global health policy. Published under the aegis of Health Affairs and Project HOPE, the journal builds on Health Affairs’ wide, multidisciplinary community of scholars and policy leaders to share new research and evidence with swift online publication. Find out why Health Affairs Scholar is the perfect home for your research. Learn more
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Kathryn A. PhillipsPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 8%); most named United States 26, Mainland China 3, Canada 3, Singapore 3, Japan 2 (38 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance20.6%
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions8.2%
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.4%
- Food Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsHealth Professions5.6%
- Pharmaceutical Economics and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.4%
- Geriatric Care and Nursing HomesHealth Professions5.1%
- Opioid Use Disorder TreatmentMedicine4.1%
- Healthcare cost, quality, practicesHealth Professions3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| 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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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 (publisher) 2025
- 12Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.68LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.67LetPub ·
- h-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 77OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.37OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 181LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 387,908Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 785 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 263 | 263 | 55 |
| 2025 | 262 | 262 | 473 |
| 2024 | 174 | 174 | 1,131 |
| 2023 | 86 | 86 | 832 |
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
66 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 50 days – 85 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 11 days (115 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 83 days
- Sample
- 115 articles with submission and acceptance dates (549 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
- Submission to first decision
- 4 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 3,150 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 3,150 | — | — |
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, Peer review
- Open access Open Access Support: Read and Publish
Authors interested in publishing in Health Affairs Scholar may be able to publish their paper open access using funds available through their institution's agreement with OUP. Find out if your institution is participating
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Board
Kelly Anderson, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Monica Aswani, University of Alabama at Birmingham Amelia Bond, Weill Cornell Medicine’s Population Health Sciences Department, Cornell’s Health Policy Center Joseph Bruch, University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division Jason Buxbaum, Brown University Health Services, Policy and Practice Kevin Callison, Tulane University James Cham…
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
- Oxford University Press
- ISSN
- 2976-5390
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 4, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Health Affairs Scholar
What CAS zone is Health Affairs Scholar in?
In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Health Affairs Scholar?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 12 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.5, h-index 20.
How long does peer review take at Health Affairs Scholar?
Based on the dates recorded on 115 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 66 days (interquartile range 50–85 days). 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Health Affairs Scholar based?
Of the 38 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 3 (about 8%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (26), Mainland China (3) and Canada (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Health Affairs Scholar?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Health Affairs Scholar is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Health Affairs Scholar open access, and what is the APC?
Health Affairs Scholar is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,150.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .