Journal profile · HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES
International Journal of Human Rights in Health Care
ISSN 2056-4902 · Emerald
International Journal of Human Rights in Health Care: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 9 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Human Rights in Health Care is published by Emerald 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, Legal, Health, Environmental and COVID-19 Challenges and Migration, Health and Trauma, together about 19.6% 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 Systems and ReformsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.3%
- Legal, Health, Environmental and COVID-19 ChallengesMedicine6.3%
- Migration, Health and TraumaPsychology6%
- Migration, Racism, and Human RightsSocial Sciences5.8%
- Public Health and Social InequalitiesSocial Sciences5.3%
- COVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychology5%
- Migration, Identity, and HealthSocial Sciences5%
- HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsMedicine4.8%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | Q2 | 408/1530 | 73rd |
| Health (social science) | Q2 | 148/387 | 61st |
| Public Administration | Q2 | 96/248 | 61st |
| Health Policy | Q2 | 158/330 | 52nd |
| Social Psychology | Q2 | 154/315 | 51st |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
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
- 3.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.57LetPub ·
- h-index
- 28OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 99OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.04OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 4.44%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 5LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 430 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 310 |
| 2025 | 9 | 5 | 455 |
| 2024 | 35 | 22 | 519 |
| 2023 | 27 | 8 | 616 |
| 2022 | 54 | 10 | 497 |
| 2021 | 89 | 10 | 423 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- 2056-4902
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Human Rights in Health Care
What CAS zone is International Journal of Human Rights in Health Care in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Human Rights in Health Care 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.
Which databases index International Journal of Human Rights in Health Care?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Human Rights in Health Care is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is International Journal of Human Rights in Health Care open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Human Rights in Health Care is a subscription 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .