Journal profile · Social Sciences-Communication
Journal of Communication in Healthcare
ISSN 1753-8068 · eISSN 1753-8076 · Taylor & Francis
Journal of Communication in Healthcare: CAS Zone 3 · Sociology (2026 Xinrui edition); impact factor 2 (journal website); JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 451 days to acceptance (21 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 16% (journal website); 40 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Communication in Healthcare is published by Taylor & Francis and is classed under Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare, Health Literacy and Information Accessibility and Social Media in Health Education, together about 33.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Communication in Healthcare: Strategies, Media and Engagement in Global Health is a Web of Science, Medline and Scopus indexed peer-reviewed journal, which publishes innovative research, theories, interventions, and perspectives on contemporary issues in all areas of health communication and across the fields of healthcare, public health, global health and medicine. Global in its scope, the Journal examines and engages in relevant topics from across country settings and professional sectors. The Journal is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion and encourages submissions from a diverse pool of authors, so that multiple perspectives can be represented in the articles we publish. With a focus on promoting communication strategies that may support improved patient, community, and population health outcomes the Journal presents research, case studies, best practices, emerging strategies, media, and theoretical or planning frameworks on any of the following topics: (a) innovative approaches for health communication interventions and/or specific communication areas across the fields of healthcare, public health, global health, and medicine as well as multiple sectors; (b) the interconnection and integration of different communication areas and media within multi-component interventions that aim at achieving health and social behavior results among different groups, communities, and stakeholders; (c) the role of clinicians, patients, communities, populations, and the public at large in engaging in and influencing health communication processes and policies as well as related interactions and interventions; (d) the role of communication on advancing health, racial, and social equity and other human rights-related causes as well as promoting patient, community, and social engagement on health and social issues in clinical, policy, public health, and other domestic and global settings. The Journal of Communication in Healthcare accepts the following types of articles: original research articles, brief reports, reviews, evidence-based case studies, letters, and patient voices. Please note that this journal only publishes manuscripts in English. The Journal adheres to the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Peer review policy Taylor & Francis is committed to peer-review integrity and upholding the highest standards of review. Once your paper has been assessed for suitability by the editor, it will then be double anonymized peer-
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Communication
Editor-in-chief Renata SchiavoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 5, Canada 1, Switzerland 1, Denmark 1 (8 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Patient-Provider Communication in HealthcareHealth Professions14%
- Health Literacy and Information AccessibilityHealth Professions12.6%
- Social Media in Health EducationSocial Sciences6.6%
- Vaccine Coverage and HesitancySocial Sciences6.1%
- Empathy and Medical EducationMedicine6%
- Misinformation and Its ImpactsSocial Sciences5.9%
- Media Influence and HealthArts and Humanities4.4%
- Mobile Health and mHealth ApplicationsHealth Professions4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Communication | 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
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q2 · 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
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, British Nursing Index, Cabell's Business Directory, CABI, Supplemental Index, TOC Premier, Technical INFO Centre of Denmark
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
- 2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.43Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.52Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 34OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 175OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.32OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 8.8%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 34LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,024Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 85,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 791 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 40 | 12 | 49 |
| 2024 | 44 | 10 | 98 |
| 2023 | 49 | 18 | 304 |
| 2022 | 52 | 13 | 367 |
| 2021 | 43 | 10 | 390 |
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
451 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 282 days – 588 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 14 days (21 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 468 days
- Sample
- 21 articles with submission and acceptance dates (83 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)
- 16%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 101 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 324 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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 websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
Publishes manuscripts in English only Model summary
Please note that this journal only publishes manuscripts in English.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Competing Interest Disclosure
Guest Editors are required to comply with the general competing interest policy and code of conduct by Taylor & Francis (see the policy here) and recuse themselves from advising on and/or handling any manuscript for which a competing interest may exist.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Adheres to COPE guidelines Model summary
The Journal adheres to the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Journal of Communication in Healthcare 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 the disc…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Double anonymized peer review after editor suitability assessment Model summary
Taylor & Francis is committed to peer-review integrity and upholding the highest standards of review. Once your paper has been assessed for suitability by the editor, it will then be double anonymized peer-reviewed by independent, anonymous expert referees. If you have shared an earlier version of your Author’s Original Manuscript on a preprint server, please be aware that anonymity cannot be guar…
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
- 1753-8068
- Electronic ISSN
- 1753-8076
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 19, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Communication in Healthcare
What CAS zone is Journal of Communication in Healthcare in?
In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Communication in Healthcare?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.9, h-index 34.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Communication in Healthcare?
Based on the dates recorded on 21 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 451 days (interquartile range 282–588 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 16%. 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.
What JCR quartile is Journal of Communication in Healthcare in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Communication in Healthcare based?
Of the 8 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (5), Canada (1) and Switzerland (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Communication in Healthcare?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Communication in Healthcare is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and MEDLINE; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Communication in Healthcare open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Communication in Healthcare 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: .