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Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
ISSN 1049-2089 · eISSN 1548-6869 · Johns Hopkins University Press
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.04; subscription journal; 118 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved is published by Johns Hopkins University Press 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 Policy and Management, Primary Care and Health Outcomes and Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, together about 32.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (JHCPU) is a peer-reviewed journal focusing on contemporary health care issues of medically underserved communities. JHCPU addresses such diverse areas as health care access, quality, costs, legislation, regulations, health promotion, and disease prevention in relation to underserved populations in North and Central America, the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa. Recently, JHCPU has expanded its scope to include internally dispossessed indigenous populations worldwide, as well as the populations enumerated above. Regular features include...More Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (JHCPU) is a peer-reviewed journal focusing on contemporary health care issues of medically underserved communities. JHCPU addresses such diverse areas as health care access, quality, costs, legislation, regulations, health promotion, and disease prevention in relation to underserved populations in North and Central America, the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa. Recently, JHCPU has expanded its scope to include internally dispossessed indigenous populations worldwide, as well as the populations enumerated above. Regular features include research papers and reports, literature reviews, policy analyses, and evaluations of noteworthy health care programs, as well as a regular column written by members of the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved is the official journal of the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU).Read Less
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Carine BourgetPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance12.1%
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions10.1%
- Food Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsHealth Professions10.1%
- Homelessness and Social IssuesHealth Professions6.7%
- Global Health Workforce IssuesHealth Professions5.5%
- Global Cancer Incidence and ScreeningMedicine4.7%
- Migration, Health and TraumaPsychology4.7%
- HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsMedicine3.7%
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 Policy & Services | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | 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 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | 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 Policy & Services | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PsycINFOCINAHLPublisher website
Other: Index Medicus, ProQuest
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
- 1.04LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2022
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.53LetPub ·
- h-index
- 96OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,622OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.02OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0.3%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 113LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,113 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 97 | 5 | 5 |
| 2025 | 118 | 15 | 93 |
| 2024 | 128 | 36 | 251 |
| 2023 | 127 | 36 | 470 |
| 2022 | 175 | 38 | 874 |
| 2021 | 200 | 54 | 1,587 |
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
- 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
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted9, with length limits
- book reviewThe Journal publishes several types of paper, including these primary types: Original Papers and Brief Communications: These are empirical research papers, diff…Length not stated
- brief communicationThe Journal publishes several types of paper, including these primary types: Original Papers and Brief Communications: These are empirical research papers, diff…Length not stated
- commentaryThe Journal publishes several types of paper, including these primary types: Original Papers and Brief Communications: These are empirical research papers, diff…Length not stated
- literature reviewThe Journal publishes several types of paper, including these primary types: Original Papers and Brief Communications: These are empirical research papers, diff…Length not stated
- narrative reviewThe Journal publishes several types of paper, including these primary types: Original Papers and Brief Communications: These are empirical research papers, diff…Length not stated
- opinionThe Journal publishes several types of paper, including these primary types: Original Papers and Brief Communications: These are empirical research papers, diff…Length not stated
- original paperThe Journal publishes several types of paper, including these primary types: Original Papers and Brief Communications: These are empirical research papers, diff…Length not stated
- research paperThe Journal publishes several types of paper, including these primary types: Original Papers and Brief Communications: These are empirical research papers, diff…main text ≤ 10,000 words
- reviewThe Journal publishes several types of paper, including these primary types: Original Papers and Brief Communications: These are empirical research papers, diff…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright
Accepted manuscripts become the permanent property of the Journal and are not published until all authors have signed a copyright transmittal form and returned to the editor. Authors who assign exclusive copyright to the Journal retain residual copyright to the words and data in their manuscripts. The Journal and publisher usually honor requests to reprint copyrighted material on a limited basis, …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Policy
Manuscripts that pass an internal desk review (for suitability) are sent to at least two external reviewers who are experts in the topic area addressed by the paper. Reviewers provide comments to the editor, who relays them to the primary author. Reviews are double-blind (i.e., neither authors nor reviewers know each other’s identity or institutional affiliation), and we ask all reviewers to evalu…
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
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- ISSN
- 1049-2089
- Electronic ISSN
- 1548-6869
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
What CAS zone is Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Health Policy & Services / Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. 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 of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.04; CiteScore 1.9, h-index 96.
Which databases index Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PsycINFO and CINAHL; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 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, 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .