Journal profile · HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES
International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance
ISSN 0952-6862 · eISSN 1758-6542 · Emerald
International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; median 194 days to acceptance (78 articles, last 24 months); 44 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance is published by Emerald and is in Zone 4 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Healthcare Quality and Management, Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare and Primary Care and Health Outcomes, together about 32.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Healthcare Quality and ManagementHealth Professions13.2%
- Patient Satisfaction in HealthcareHealth Professions10.1%
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions8.9%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.7%
- Customer Service Quality and LoyaltyBusiness, Management and Accounting4.9%
- Patient Safety and Medication ErrorsHealth Professions4.8%
- Quality and Supply ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.3%
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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
- 1.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.45LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- h-index
- 91OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 956OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.93OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 15%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 6%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 41LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,043 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 64 | 15 | 20 |
| 2025 | 44 | 3 | 62 |
| 2024 | 7 | 1 | 25 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 | 359 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 46 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2 | 29 |
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
194 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 114 days – 301 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 30 days (55 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 224 days
- Sample
- 78 articles with submission and acceptance dates (97 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".
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Emerald
- ISSN
- 0952-6862
- Electronic ISSN
- 1758-6542
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance
What CAS zone is International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Health Policy & Services. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance?
Based on the dates recorded on 78 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 194 days (interquartile range 114–301 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.
Which databases index International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance 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; 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: .