Journal profile · Medicine-Health Policy
Healthcare Policy
ISSN 1715-6572 · eISSN 1715-6580 · Longwoods Publishing, Corp.
Healthcare Policy: subscription journal; 36 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Healthcare Policy is published by Longwoods Publishing, Corp.. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Healthcare Policy and Management, Primary Care and Health Outcomes and Health Services Management and Policy, together about 29.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions and Economics and Econometrics. (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
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance11.6%
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions9.1%
- Health Services Management and PolicyHealth Professions8.9%
- Healthcare Systems and PracticesHealth Professions8.9%
- Health Policy Implementation ScienceHealth Professions7.2%
- Healthcare Systems and ReformsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.5%
- Pharmaceutical Economics and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.6%
- Healthcare Quality and ManagementHealth Professions4.6%
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
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | Q2 | 311/725 | 57th |
| Health Policy | Q2 | 151/330 | 54th |
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
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.53LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- h-index
- 48OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 349OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.09OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,035 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31 | 25 | 325 |
| 2025 | 36 | 30 | 763 |
| 2024 | 39 | 34 | 976 |
| 2023 | 55 | 50 | 1,064 |
| 2022 | 47 | 42 | 968 |
| 2021 | 40 | 36 | 1,033 |
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
- Longwoods Publishing, Corp.
- ISSN
- 1715-6572
- Electronic ISSN
- 1715-6580
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Healthcare Policy
Which databases index Healthcare Policy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Healthcare Policy is indexed in Scopus.
Is Healthcare Policy open access, and what is the APC?
Healthcare Policy 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: .