Journal profile · Medicine-Health Policy
Healthcare Management Forum
ISSN 0840-4704 · eISSN 2352-3883 · SAGE
Healthcare Management Forum: hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,200; 98 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Healthcare Management Forum is published by SAGE. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Health Services Management and Policy, Healthcare Quality and Management and Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies, together about 44.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Health Policy
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health Services Management and PolicyHealth Professions17.8%
- Healthcare Quality and ManagementHealth Professions17.2%
- Organizational Leadership and Management StrategiesBusiness, Management and Accounting9.2%
- Healthcare Systems and PracticesHealth Professions6.8%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.3%
- Geriatric Care and Nursing HomesHealth Professions3.8%
- Ethics and bioethics in healthcareMedicine3.4%
- Ethics in medical practiceHealth Professions3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Policy | Q2 | 93/330 | 71st |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.93LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.28LetPub ·
- h-index
- 41OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 318OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.77OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 50.35%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 127LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,709 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 71 | 42 | 1,346 |
| 2025 | 98 | 53 | 1,842 |
| 2024 | 105 | 69 | 1,861 |
| 2023 | 82 | 51 | 1,507 |
| 2022 | 78 | 51 | 1,163 |
| 2021 | 51 | 31 | 876 |
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,200 / GBP 2,346 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 0840-4704
- Electronic ISSN
- 2352-3883
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Healthcare Management Forum
Which databases index Healthcare Management Forum?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Healthcare Management Forum is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Healthcare Management Forum open access, and what is the APC?
Healthcare Management Forum is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,200.
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: .