Journal profile · HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES
International Journal of Healthcare Management
ISSN 2047-9700 · eISSN 2047-9719 · Taylor & Francis
International Journal of Healthcare Management: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 271 days to acceptance (92 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 13% (journal website); 83 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Healthcare Management is published by Taylor & Francis 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 Policy and Management, Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare and Healthcare Systems and Reforms, together about 26.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Since 2012, the Journal of Management & Marketing in Healthcare has been published under the new title International Journal of Healthcare Management. The International Journal of Healthcare Management serves all those directly involved in, or concerned with, the organisation, delivery, marketing and management of healthcare services, at a strategic and operational level. It provides a peer-reviewed forum for the publication of briefings, discussion, applied research, case studies, expert comment and analysis on the key issues affecting the management and marketing of this sector. Healthcare providers exist in a turbulent political and social environment with increasing demands being placed on them to pursue equality, quality, responsiveness, efficiency and affordability. Effective management and marketing of this sector is becoming an increasingly important area for the industry to address. As such, the Journal's scope addresses issues of concern to healthcare service providers – whether in the private, statutory or voluntary sectors – and seeks to cover the management and marketing of the full range of healthcare services. The Journal's content addresses the diverse range of disciplines that healthcare services management and marketing draws upon and its international scope and aims give special focus to management issues arising from the free movement of patients, e-health, personalised medicine, and the related new challenges of tailoring treatment modelling to the individual patient. Topics of interest also include: new and emerging health policies cost-effective and efficient delivery of services healthcare marketing social marketing healthcare systems development and reforms healthcare related behaviours and compliance disease management information and communication technology electronic patient records funding and finance health staff issues public community media relations
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES
Editor-in-chief Hamido FujitaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 6%); most named United Kingdom 6, United States 3, Norway 3, Mainland China 2, Germany 2 (35 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance10.9%
- Patient Satisfaction in HealthcareHealth Professions8.7%
- Healthcare Systems and ReformsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.5%
- Healthcare Quality and ManagementHealth Professions6.5%
- Customer Service Quality and LoyaltyBusiness, Management and Accounting5.9%
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.9%
- Global Healthcare and Medical TourismHealth Professions4.4%
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting4.3%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
British Nursing Index, Cabell's Business DirectoryPublisher website
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 (publisher) 2025
- 1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.43Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.77LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.77Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 45OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 328OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.01OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 6.09%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 82LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 79,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,044 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 37 | 7 | 4 |
| 2025 | 83 | 20 | 23 |
| 2024 | 97 | 30 | 192 |
| 2023 | 109 | 14 | 451 |
| 2022 | 91 | 10 | 635 |
| 2021 | 25 | 2 | 466 |
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
271 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 181 days – 320 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (92 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 289 days
- Sample
- 92 articles with submission and acceptance dates (147 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)
- 13%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 48 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 94 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 11 daysPublisher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access journal, part of Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program. Model summary
International Journal of Healthcare Management is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase …
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 2047-9700
- Electronic ISSN
- 2047-9719
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 19, Issue 4 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Healthcare Management
What CAS zone is International Journal of Healthcare Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Healthcare Management 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 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 Healthcare Management?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4.6, h-index 45.
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Healthcare Management?
Based on the dates recorded on 92 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 271 days (interquartile range 181–320 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 13%. 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 Healthcare Management based?
Of the 35 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 6%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (6), United States (3) and Norway (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index International Journal of Healthcare Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Healthcare Management is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is International Journal of Healthcare Management open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Healthcare Management is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .