Journal profile · HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES
International Journal of Integrated Care
ISSN 1568-4156 · Ubiquity Press Ltd. · NETHERLANDS
International Journal of Integrated Care: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.41; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 355 days to acceptance (94 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 953 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Integrated Care is published by Ubiquity Press Ltd. 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 Interprofessional Education and Collaboration, Chronic Disease Management Strategies and Primary Care and Health Outcomes, together about 36.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Since its inception in 2000 the International Journal of Integrated Care has documented the trends, developments and newest findings in the research, policy and practice of integrated care. As its subject matter has continuously evolved over the years, so have the articles we publish reflected the growing understanding of what integrated care is and what it isn’t. Some of the key learnings over the years have been that, while there are some common building blocks and elements, which are essential for integrated care, ultimately all frameworks and models need to be contextualized to local needs and resources. This contextualization should ideally happen with wide community and professional involvement. Read the full Aims and Scope.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES
Editor-in-chief Edelweiss AldasoroPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 5%); most named United Kingdom 5, Canada 3, Singapore 3, France 2, Spain 2 (20 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Interprofessional Education and CollaborationHealth Professions17.8%
- Chronic Disease Management StrategiesMedicine10.8%
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions8.2%
- Mental Health and Patient InvolvementHealth Professions5.2%
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.1%
- Geriatric Care and Nursing HomesHealth Professions5%
- Telemedicine and Telehealth ImplementationMedicine4.8%
- Clinical practice guidelines implementationMedicine4.7%
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 Policy & Services | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)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: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 4 |
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 SciencePMCPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, Dimensions, CNKI, J-Gate, OCLC, Crossref
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
- 2.41LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.24LetPub ·
- h-index
- 24LetPub ·
- h-index
- 76OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 811OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.28OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 89LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 2,024Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 9,651 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,314 | 1,314 | 15 |
| 2025 | 953 | 953 | 183 |
| 2024 | 198 | 198 | 486 |
| 2023 | 805 | 805 | 889 |
| 2022 | 901 | 901 | 1,555 |
| 2021 | 690 | 690 | 2,630 |
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 PubMed · to
355 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 228 days – 440 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 14 days (94 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 379 days
- Sample
- 94 articles with submission and acceptance dates (164 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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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 | GBP 1,575 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | GBP 1,500 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 1,500 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 1,800 | — | — |
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
- Reference style
- Vancouver
Article types accepted6
- integrated care casesIntegrated Care cases (ICC) are case studies of innovative local approaches to the delivery of integrated care in practiceLength not stated
- methodology papersMethodology papers are study protocols or similar articles, explaining and discussing new or innovative ways of applying a methodology in the field of integrate…Length not stated
- perspectivePerspective papers (PP) are short papers from leading managers and professionals working at the 'coalface' of integrated care. To improve the chance of acceptan…Length not stated
- perspective papersPerspective papers (PP) are short papers from leading managers and professionals working at the 'coalface' of integrated care.Length not stated
- policy papersPolicy (P) papers include: description and analysis of national and international policy developments on integrated care and their impact.Length not stated
- research & theoryResearch & theory (RT) papers include: original research; systematic reviews; new theoretical perspectives; and innovative research protocols (study designs).Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access
- AI use
AI use guidelines Model summary
Authors should refer to the publisher's guidelines on acceptable use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools. All submissions must comply with these guidelines.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Competing interests
Competing interests declaration required Model summary
If any of the authors have any competing interests then these must be declared. A short paragraph should be placed before the references. See our guidelines for competing interests. If there are no competing interests to declare then the following statement should be present: The author(s) has/have no competing interests to declare.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Data accessibility statement required Model summary
If data, structured methods, or code used in the research project have been made openly available, a statement should be added to inform the reader how and where to access these files.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Ethics compliance with Declaration of Helsinki Model summary
Research involving human subjects, human material, or human data, must have been performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright retained by authors, CC-BY license Model summary
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms. If a submission is rejected or withdrawn prior to publication, all rights return to the author(s): Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
APC of £1,800 Model summary
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. There is no embargo on the journal’s publications. Submission and acceptance dates, along with publication dates, are made available on the PDF format for each paper. Authors of articles published remain the copyright holde…
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
- Ubiquity Press Ltd.
- Country or region
- NETHERLANDS
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1568-4156
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Integrated Care
What CAS zone is International Journal of Integrated Care in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Integrated Care is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Health Policy & Services / Health Care Sciences & Services. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of International Journal of Integrated Care?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.41; CiteScore 4.1, h-index 76.
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Integrated Care?
Based on the dates recorded on 94 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 355 days (interquartile range 228–440 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Integrated Care based?
Of the 20 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 5%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (5), Canada (3) and Singapore (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index International Journal of Integrated Care?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Integrated Care is indexed in SCIE, SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and PMC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Journal of Integrated Care open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Integrated Care is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .