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International Journal of Health Economics and Management
ISSN 2199-9023 · eISSN 2199-9031 · Springer Nature · 4 issues per year
International Journal of Health Economics and Management: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.47; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,890; median 347 days to acceptance (33 articles, last 24 months); 16 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Health Economics and Management is published by Springer Nature and is in Zone 4 of Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Global Health Care Issues, Healthcare Policy and Management and Healthcare Systems and Reforms, together about 51.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions and Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The focus of the International Journal of Health Economics and Management is on health care systems and on the behavior of consumers, patients, and providers of such services. The links among management, public policy, payment, and performance are core topics of the relaunched journal. The demand for health care and its cost remain central concerns. Even as medical innovation allows providers to improve the lives of their patients, questions remain about how to efficiently deliver health care services, how to pay for it, and who should pay for it. These are central questions facing innovators, providers, and payers in the public and private sectors. One key to answering these questions is to understand how people choose among alternative arrangements, either in markets or through the political process. The choices made by healthcare managers concerning the organization and production of that care are also crucial. There is an important connection between the management of a health care system and its economic performance. The primary audience for this journal will be health economists and researchers in health management, along with the larger group of health services researchers. In addition, research and policy analysis reported in the journal should be of interest to health care providers, managers and policymakers, who need to know about the pressures facing insurers and governments, with consequences for regulation and mandates. The editors of the journal encourage submissions that analyze the behavior and interaction of the actors in health care, viz. consumers, providers, insurers, and governments. Preference will be given to contributions that combine theoretical with empirical work, evaluate conflicting findings, present new information, or compare experiences between countries and jurisdictions. In addition to conventional research articles, the journal will include specific subsections for shorter concise research findings and cont ributions to management and policy that provide important descriptive data or arguments about what policies follow from research findings. The composition of the editorial board is designed to cover the range of interest among economics and management researchers.Officially cited as: Int J Health Econ ManagFrom 2001 to 2014 the journal was published as International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics.(Articles published in Vol. 1-14 officially cited as: Int J Health Care Finance Econ)
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Pedro P. BarrosPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 22, United Kingdom 3, France 2, South Korea 1, Italy 1 (33 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Global Health Care IssuesHealth Professions21%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance19.8%
- Healthcare Systems and ReformsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.1%
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine4.6%
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions4.6%
- Employment and Welfare StudiesHealth Professions4.4%
- Health disparities and outcomesSocial Sciences4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Economics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Economics | 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
Indexing the journal's website claims
SCIEMEDLINECAB AbstractsEconLitCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar, RePEc
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 1.47LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.09LetPub ·
- h-index
- 26OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 92OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.86OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 44.44%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 16LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,025Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 93,800Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 261 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 7 | 2 |
| 2025 | 16 | 8 | 10 |
| 2024 | 25 | 10 | 98 |
| 2023 | 22 | 13 | 119 |
| 2022 | 22 | 11 | 252 |
| 2021 | 28 | 17 | 318 |
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 Crossref · to
347 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 252 days – 466 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 38 days (34 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 382 days
- Sample
- 33 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
- Submission to first decision
- 25 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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 3,890 / EUR 2,990 / GBP 2,590 | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- APA
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted10
- book reviewOriginal Paper, Review Paper, Introduction, Editorial, Report, Call for paper, Book Review, Communication, Erratum, etc. Back to topLength not stated
- call for paperOriginal Paper, Review Paper, Introduction, Editorial, Report, Call for paper, Book Review, Communication, Erratum, etc.Length not stated
- communicationOriginal Paper, Review Paper, Introduction, Editorial, Report, Call for paper, Book Review, Communication, Erratum, etc.Length not stated
- editorialOriginal Paper, Review Paper, Introduction, Editorial, Report, Call for paper, Book Review, Communication, Erratum, etc. Back to topLength not stated
- erratumOriginal Paper, Review Paper, Introduction, Editorial, Report, Call for paper, Book Review, Communication, Erratum, etc.Length not stated
- introductionOriginal Paper, Review Paper, Introduction, Editorial, Report, Call for paper, Book Review, Communication, Erratum, etc.Length not stated
- original paperOriginal Paper, Review Paper, Introduction, Editorial, Report, Call for paper, Book Review, Communication, Erratum, etc. Back to topLength not stated
- reportOriginal Paper, Review Paper, Introduction, Editorial, Report, Call for paper, Book Review, Communication, Erratum, etc.Length not stated
- reviewOriginal Paper, Review Paper, Introduction, Editorial, Report, Call for paper, Book Review, Communication, Erratum, etc. Back to topLength not stated
- review paperOriginal Paper, Review Paper, Introduction, Editorial, Report, Call for paper, Book Review, Communication, Erratum, etc.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- AI use Generative AI Images
LLMs do not satisfy authorship criteria; use must be documented. Model summary
Please check Springer’s policy on generative AI images and make sure your work adheres to the principles described therein. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship principles
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosures and declarations
Competing interests disclosure required. Model summary
All authors are requested to include information regarding sources of funding, financial or non-financial interests, study-specific approval by the appropriate ethics committee for research involving humans and/or animals, informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved animals (as appropriate). The decision whether such …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
Data availability statement required for all original research. Model summary
All original research must include a data availability statement. This statement should explain how to access data supporting the results and analysis in the article, including links/citations to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. Please see our full policy here. If it is not possible to share research data publicly, for instance when individual privacy could be com…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
COPE member; follows COPE guidelines on misconduct. Model summary
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, the author(s) agree to publish the article under a Creative Commons license. Details of the OA licences offered to authors can be found on the individual journal website, in the journal's How to publish with us guide. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in International Journal of Health Economics and Management, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Reviewer suggestions/exclusions allowed at submission. Model summary
Authors are welcome to suggest suitable reviewers and/or request the exclusion of certain individuals when they submit their manuscripts.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
The World Health Organization (WHO) definition of a clinical trial is "any research study that prospectively assigns human participants or groups of humans to one or more health-related interventions to evaluate the effects on health outcomes". The WHO defines health interventions as “A health intervention is an act performed for, with or on behalf of a person or population whose purpose is to ass…
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
- Springer Nature
- Frequency
- 4 issues per year
- ISSN
- 2199-9023
- Electronic ISSN
- 2199-9031
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Health Economics and Management
What CAS zone is International Journal of Health Economics and Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Health Economics and Management is in Zone 4 of Economics, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Business, Finance / Economics / Health Policy & Services. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of International Journal of Health Economics and Management?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.47; CiteScore 3.6, h-index 26.
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Health Economics and Management?
Based on the dates recorded on 33 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 347 days (interquartile range 252–466 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of International Journal of Health Economics and Management?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: APA; Suggested reviewers: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of International Journal of Health Economics and Management based?
Of the 33 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (22), United Kingdom (3) and France (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index International Journal of Health Economics and Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Health Economics and Management is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists SCIE, MEDLINE, CAB Abstracts, EconLit and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Journal of Health Economics and Management open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Health Economics and Management is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,890.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .