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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
ISSN 0749-6753 · eISSN 1099-1751 · Wiley-Blackwell
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.47; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,030; median 244 days to acceptance (90 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 11% (journal website); 123 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 Healthcare Systems and Reforms, Global Maternal and Child Health and Healthcare Policy and Management, together about 39.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Policy making and implementation, planning and management are widely recognized as central to effective health systems and services and to better health. Globalization, and the economic circumstances facing groups of countries worldwide, meanwhile present a great challenge for health planning and management.The aim of the Journal is to offer a forum for publications which direct attention to major issues in health policy, planning and management. The intention is to maintain a balance between theory and practice, from a variety of disciplines, fields and perspectives.The Journal is explicitly international and multidisciplinary in scope and appeal: articles about policy, planning and management in countries at various stages of political, social, cultural and economic development are welcomed, as are those directed at the different levels (national, regional, local) of the health sector. Manuscripts are invited from a spectrum of different disciplines e.g., (the social sciences, management and medicine) as long as they advance our knowledge and understanding of the health sector. The Journal is therefore global, and eclectic.HPM publishes six issues a year.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Shehla ZaidiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 4%); most named United States 5, United Kingdom 4, Portugal 3, Sweden 2, Russia 2 (27 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Healthcare Systems and ReformsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance14.8%
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine12.9%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance11.9%
- Global Health Care IssuesHealth Professions8.9%
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions7.1%
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.5%
- Healthcare Quality and ManagementHealth Professions4.1%
- Global Health Workforce IssuesHealth Professions3.5%
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 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
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 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | 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
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPubMedCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, 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
- 2.47LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.76LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.97LetPub ·
- h-index
- 75OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,163OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 52.4%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 97LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 110Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 393,361Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,424 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 97 | 65 | 7 |
| 2025 | 123 | 79 | 281 |
| 2024 | 146 | 95 | 810 |
| 2023 | 144 | 102 | 967 |
| 2022 | 211 | 83 | 2,044 |
| 2021 | 272 | 127 | 3,771 |
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
244 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 84 days – 372 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 13 days (92 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 263 days
- Sample
- 90 articles with submission and acceptance dates (244 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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 11%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 11%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 10 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 10 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 163 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single 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 4,030 / EUR 3,370 / GBP 2,640 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted13, with length limits
- book reviewResearch Article -reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a significant contribution to knowledge (7000 word limit, excluding the abst…Length not stated
- letterResearch Article -reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a significant contribution to knowledge (7000 word limit, excluding the abst…Length not stated
- letter to the editorResearch Article -reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a significant contribution to knowledge (7000 word limit, excluding the abst…Length not stated
- meta-analysisResearch Article -reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a significant contribution to knowledge (7000 word limit, excluding the abst…Length not stated
- opinionResearch Article -reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a significant contribution to knowledge (7000 word limit, excluding the abst…main text ≤ 1,000 words
- perspectiveResearch Article -reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a significant contribution to knowledge (7000 word limit, excluding the abst…main text ≤ 3,000 words
- research articleResearch Article -reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a significant contribution to knowledge (7000 word limit, excluding the abst…Length not stated
- research reportResearch Article -reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a significant contribution to knowledge (7000 word limit, excluding the abst…Length not stated
- reviewResearch Article -reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a significant contribution to knowledge (7000 word limit, excluding the abst…Length not stated
- review articleResearch Article -reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a significant contribution to knowledge (7000 word limit, excluding the abst…main text ≤ 5,000 words
- short communicationResearch Article -reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a significant contribution to knowledge (7000 word limit, excluding the abst…main text ≤ 2,000 words
- special issuesSpecial Issues - on topics of interest are also regularly published. These are usually invited.Length not stated
- systematic reviewResearch Article -reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a significant contribution to knowledge (7000 word limit, excluding the abst…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Data availability, Publication ethics, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Disclosing the use of artificial intelligence (AI)
If you or your co-authors have used Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) tools such as ChatGPT and others based on large language models (LLMs) to develop any portion of a manuscript, their use must be described transparently and in detail in the Methods section.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability
Data sharing expected and peer reviewed Model summary
This journal expects and peer reviews data sharing. Review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.Preprint Policy
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics 5. EDITORIAL POLICIES AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Editorial Review and AcceptanceThe acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to journal readership. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editor-in-Chief determines that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Anonymized main document required Model summary
Authors must remove all identifying information from the main document, including names, affiliations, acknowledgments, and self-citations.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprints considered; authors may post submitted version Model summary
The International Journal of Health Planning and Management will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. Authors may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time.
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0749-6753
- Electronic ISSN
- 1099-1751
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 41, Issue 5 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
What CAS zone is INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Health Policy & Services / Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.47; CiteScore 5, h-index 75.
How long does peer review take at INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT?
Based on the dates recorded on 90 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 244 days (interquartile range 84–372 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 11% (2025). 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.
Where are the editorial board members of INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT based?
Of the 27 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 4%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (5), United Kingdom (4) and Portugal (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT open access, and what is the APC?
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,030.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .