Journal profile · HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES
HealthCare-The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation
ISSN 2213-0764 · eISSN 2213-0772 · ELSEVIER · NETHERLANDS · Quarterly · Founded 2013
HealthCare-The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.63; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,570; median 291 days to acceptance (30 articles, last 24 months); 17 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
HealthCare-The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation is published by ELSEVIER 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, Healthcare Policy and Management and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, together about 40.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
HealthCare: The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation is a quarterly journal. The journal promotes cutting edge research on innovation in healthcare delivery, including improvements in systems, processes, management, and applied information technology. The journal welcomes submissions of original research articles, case studies capturing "policy to practice" or "implementation of best practices", commentaries, and critical reviews of relevant novel programs and products. The scope of the journal includes topics directly related to delivering healthcare, such as: ● Care redesign ● Applied health IT ● Payment innovation ● Managerial innovation ● Quality improvement (QI) research ● New training and education models ● Comparative delivery innovation
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions19.2%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance14.5%
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.1%
- Electronic Health Records SystemsHealth Professions4.7%
- Health Policy Implementation ScienceHealth Professions4.7%
- Healthcare cost, quality, practicesHealth Professions4.5%
- Interprofessional Education and CollaborationHealth Professions4.1%
- Patient Satisfaction in HealthcareHealth Professions4%
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 Policy & Services | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 3 |
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 Policy & Services | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 1.63LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.65LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- h-index
- 44OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 239OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.88OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 37.21%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 13LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 615 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 12 | 1 |
| 2025 | 17 | 10 | 14 |
| 2024 | 17 | 9 | 28 |
| 2023 | 25 | 9 | 113 |
| 2022 | 36 | 15 | 190 |
| 2021 | 67 | 47 | 825 |
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
291 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 256 days – 346 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 9 days (30 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 298 days
- Sample
- 30 articles with submission and acceptance dates (37 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)
- about 9.5 weeksLetPub ·
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,570 / EUR 3,260 / GBP 2,860 / JPY 421,190 | — | — |
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
- ELSEVIER
- Country or region
- NETHERLANDS
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 2013
- ISSN
- 2213-0764
- Electronic ISSN
- 2213-0772
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about HealthCare-The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation
What CAS zone is HealthCare-The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, HealthCare-The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Health Policy & Services. 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 HealthCare-The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.63; CiteScore 3.2, h-index 44.
How long does peer review take at HealthCare-The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation?
Based on the dates recorded on 30 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 291 days (interquartile range 256–346 days); authors report an average review time of about 9.5 weeks. 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 HealthCare-The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, HealthCare-The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is HealthCare-The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation open access, and what is the APC?
HealthCare-The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,570.
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: .