Journal profile · Health Professions-Health Information Management
International Journal of Health Policy and Management
ISSN 2322-5939 · Kerman University of Medical Sciences · Iran · Monthly
International Journal of Health Policy and Management: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.8; fully open access; APC about USD 1,500; median 167 days to acceptance (96 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 9% (journal website); 141 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Health Policy and Management is published by Kerman University of Medical Sciences and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology, Global Maternal and Child Health and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, together about 32% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
International Journal of Health Policy and Management (IJHPM), is an English language, peer-reviewed, academic multidisciplinary journal. It aims to offer a forum for publishing high quality research presenting latest scientific knowledge and state-of-the-art practices and original ideas, for a wide audience from diverse disciplines. The intention is to maintain a balance between theory and practice, from a variety of disciplines. IJHPM publishes contributions from a wide range of disciplines including health policy, management, economics; health policy analysis; health policy ethics; politics of health; epidemiology; public health; social and public policy; and philosophy of health. IJHPM specific objectives are to: Attract high quality original articles, systematic reviews, perspectives, policy briefs, book reviews, short communications, commentaries, hypotheses and letters to editor on topics relevant to health system Ensure papers reflect a broad range of disciplines, methodologies and topics Provide a fair and high quality peer-review process Ensure a wide geographical coverage of papers with a special focus on low and middle income countries Ensure papers provide a trustable resource of information for the journal audience
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Health Professions-Health Information Management
Editor-in-chief AliAkbar Haghdoost EpidemiologyPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 6, Iran 6, United States 5, Canada 4, Australia 3 (32 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Global Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyBusiness, Management and Accounting12.1%
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine10.1%
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.8%
- Healthcare Systems and ReformsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8.8%
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions6.9%
- Health Policy Implementation ScienceHealth Professions6.8%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.6%
- Global Health Care IssuesHealth Professions4.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPMCCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Index Medicus, Google Scholar, OCLC, WoS Journal Citation Reports (Science Edition), EBSCOhost, Index Medicus (IMEMR), Cabell's Directory, Ulrich Global Serials Directory, International Political Science Abstracts (IPSA), OCLC Worldcat, Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC), Scientific Information Database (SID), Magiran, Barakatkns
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
- 4.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.34LetPub ·
- h-index
- 76OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 899OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.75OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 18.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.47%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 54LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,165 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 90 | 90 | 17 |
| 2025 | 141 | 141 | 143 |
| 2024 | 140 | 140 | 491 |
| 2023 | 172 | 172 | 1,172 |
| 2022 | 183 | 183 | 1,642 |
| 2021 | 191 | 191 | 3,404 |
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
167 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 65 days – 289 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 4 days (96 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 183 days
- Sample
- 96 articles with submission and acceptance dates (271 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 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 9%Publisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 11 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 1,500 | Yes | CC BY | |
| LetPub | USD 1,500 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 700 / USD 1,500 | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted8
- commentaryCommentaries, which draw attention to or present criticism on selected IJHPM publications, are the IJHPM signature.Length not stated
- correspondenceThese articles are invited only and are written in response to published commentaries by authors whose articles have been subject to commentaries.Length not stated
- editorialEditorials are the message of the IJHPM and are written in-house by the journal's Editorial Board members. These provide state of the art discussions on the IJH…Length not stated
- letter to editorWe welcome short letters with topics of interest to the IJHPM readership.Length not stated
- original articleThese articles must be of primary research, methodologically accurate, and relevant to the international health policy and management.Length not stated
- review articleThese articles consist of Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis, Meta-Synthesis, Realist Review, and Scoping Reviews.Length not stated
- short communicationShort communications are short articles (mini original articles) that present original and important preliminary findings that do not warrant publication as a f…Length not stated
- viewpointThese articles are opinion-based and present a new and unique viewpoint on existing problems, fundamental concepts, or prevalent notions of health policy and ma…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, Peer review
- Publication ethics
Follows ICMJE Uniform Requirements and COPE code of conduct. Model summary
We follow the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals, issued by International Committee for Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), as well as the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) code of conduct for editors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review process for all submissions. Model summary
All submissions to the IJHPM undergo a fair, supportive, and double-blind peer-review process
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
- Kerman University of Medical Sciences
- Country or region
- Iran
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- ISSN
- 2322-5939
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 15 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Health Policy and Management
What CAS zone is International Journal of Health Policy and Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Health Policy and Management is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Health Care Sciences & Services / Health Policy & Services. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 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 Policy and Management?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.8; CiteScore 8, h-index 76.
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Health Policy and Management?
Based on the dates recorded on 96 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 167 days (interquartile range 65–289 days); authors report an average review time of about 9 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 9%. 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 Policy and Management based?
Of the 32 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (6), Iran (6) and United States (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index International Journal of Health Policy and Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Health Policy and Management is indexed in SCIE, SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PMC and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Journal of Health Policy and Management open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Health Policy and Management is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,500.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, DOAJ, 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: .