Journal profile · HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES
Journal for Healthcare Quality
ISSN 1062-2551 · eISSN 1945-1474 · Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · UNITED STATES
Journal for Healthcare Quality: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.06; JCR Q4 (journal website); hybrid open access; 50 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal for Healthcare Quality is published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. 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 Quality and Management, Healthcare Policy and Management and Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare, together about 36.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES
Editor-in-chief Cathy E. DuquettePublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Healthcare Quality and ManagementHealth Professions17.6%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance10.8%
- Patient Satisfaction in HealthcareHealth Professions8.1%
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions8%
- Patient Safety and Medication ErrorsHealth Professions7%
- Clinical practice guidelines implementationMedicine6.1%
- Pharmacy and Medical PracticesPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.5%
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.7%
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 Care Sciences & Services | 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 Care Sciences & Services | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | 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 Care Sciences & Services | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q4 · HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES · rank 171/194
- JCR Q4 · HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES · rank 115/125
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
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 1.06LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.34LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- h-index
- 23LetPub ·
- h-index
- 64OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 594OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.21OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 11.81%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 38LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,367 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 4 | 36 |
| 2025 | 50 | 11 | 19 |
| 2024 | 43 | 3 | 92 |
| 2023 | 40 | 11 | 229 |
| 2022 | 40 | 11 | 201 |
| 2021 | 45 | 10 | 254 |
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
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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".
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1062-2551
- Electronic ISSN
- 1945-1474
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 48, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal for Healthcare Quality
What CAS zone is Journal for Healthcare Quality in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal for Healthcare Quality is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Health Care Sciences & Services / 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 Journal for Healthcare Quality?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.06; CiteScore 1.8, h-index 64.
What JCR quartile is Journal for Healthcare Quality in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q4; by category, HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES Q4 (171/194), HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES Q4 (115/125). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine.
Which databases index Journal for Healthcare Quality?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal for Healthcare Quality is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Journal for Healthcare Quality open access, and what is the APC?
Journal for Healthcare Quality is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .