Journal profile · Health Care Sciences & Services
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
ISSN 1356-1294 · eISSN 1365-2753 · Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · ENGLAND · Quarterly · Founded 1995
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.5; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,430; median 143 days to acceptance (126 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 384 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing 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 Health Policy Implementation Science, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life and Primary Care and Health Outcomes, together about 23.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice covers all aspects of health services research and public health policy analysis and debate.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Health Care Sciences & Services
Editor-in-chief Karen GrimmerPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 3%); most named United States 7, United Kingdom 7, Australia 5, Canada 4, Türkiye 2 (32 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health Policy Implementation ScienceHealth Professions8.5%
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.9%
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions6.7%
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsDecision Sciences6%
- Clinical practice guidelines implementationMedicine5.9%
- Mental Health and PsychiatryArts and Humanities5.5%
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic SkillsMedicine5.3%
- Healthcare cost, quality, practicesHealth Professions5.2%
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 | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Medical Informatics | 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 4 |
| Minor | Medical Informatics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 3 |
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 | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Medical Informatics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 1.5LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.65LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- h-index
- 65LetPub ·
- h-index
- 115OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,263OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.05OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 44.8%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 335LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 363Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 679,182Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,030 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 284 | 189 | 74 |
| 2025 | 384 | 227 | 712 |
| 2024 | 336 | 215 | 1,277 |
| 2023 | 168 | 117 | 793 |
| 2022 | 160 | 90 | 1,646 |
| 2021 | 129 | 56 | 1,985 |
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
143 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 85 days – 216 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 17 days (128 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 171 days
- Sample
- 126 articles with submission and acceptance dates (788 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)
- 3–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 14%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 171 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 26 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,430 / EUR 3,700 / GBP 3,010 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 prepare8 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 5,000 words
- Reference style
- AMA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted11
- brief reportArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Papers Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a …Length not stated
- case reportArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Papers Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a …Length not stated
- commentaryArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Papers Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a …Length not stated
- editorialArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Papers Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a …Length not stated
- letter to the editorArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Papers Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a …Length not stated
- meta-analysisArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Papers Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a …Length not stated
- opinionArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Papers Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a …Length not stated
- original paperArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Papers Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a …Length not stated
- reviewArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Papers Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a …Length not stated
- review articleArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Papers Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a …Length not stated
- systematic reviewArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Papers Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Peer review, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. Review editorial standards and scroll down for a description of authorship criteria.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data sharing and Data Availability
This journal expects data sharing. Review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Reproduction of Copyright Material
If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, credit must be shown in the contribution. It is your responsibility to also obtain written permission for reproduction from the copyright owners. For more information visit Wiley’s Copyright Terms & Conditions FAQ.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 1. Submission and Peer Review Process
Once the submission materials have been prepared in accordance with the Author Guidelines, manuscripts should be submitted online at https://authors.wiley.com/journal/JEP For help with submissions, please contact: submissionhelp@wiley.com This journal does not charge submission fees. Article Preparation Support Wiley Editing Services offers expert help with English Language Editing, as well as tra…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint your manuscript on Authorea
You can now opt to seamlessly preprint your manuscript at submission, through Wiley’s Under Review service, powered by Authorea. Make your work citable and discoverable, before it is accepted or published.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
The journal expects that clinical trials are prospectively registered in a publicly accessible database, such as http://clinicaltrials.gov/ and clinical trial registration numbers should be included in all papers that report their results. Authors are asked to include the name of the trial register and the clinical trial registration number at the end of the abstract. If the trial is not registere…
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
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1995
- ISSN
- 1356-1294
- Electronic ISSN
- 1365-2753
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 32, Issue 6 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
What CAS zone is Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Medicine, General & Internal / Health Care Sciences & Services / Medical Informatics. 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 Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.5; CiteScore 2.6, h-index 115.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice?
Based on the dates recorded on 126 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 143 days (interquartile range 85–216 days); authors report an average review time of 3–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 14% (2025). 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 are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 5,000 words; Reference style: AMA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice based?
Of the 32 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 3%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (7), United Kingdom (7) and Australia (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,430.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .