Journal profile · HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES
Journal of Health Management
ISSN 0972-0634 · eISSN 0973-0729 · SAGE
Journal of Health Management: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,650; 101 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Health Management is published by SAGE 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 Systems and Reforms, Healthcare Quality and Management and Healthcare Systems and Practices, together about 32.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Healthcare Systems and ReformsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance16.1%
- Healthcare Quality and ManagementHealth Professions9.1%
- Healthcare Systems and PracticesHealth Professions7.3%
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine7%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.6%
- HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsMedicine4.3%
- Patient Satisfaction in HealthcareHealth Professions4.1%
- Public Health and Social InequalitiesSocial Sciences3.8%
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 |
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 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) | Q3 | 156/235 | 33rd |
| Health Policy | Q3 | 234/330 | 29th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.47LetPub ·
- h-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 264OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.21OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 7.8%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 97LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,332 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 53 | 13 | 731 |
| 2025 | 101 | 25 | 1,106 |
| 2024 | 95 | 15 | 1,160 |
| 2023 | 105 | 24 | 1,158 |
| 2022 | 86 | 8 | 1,258 |
| 2021 | 67 | 13 | 1,098 |
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.
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 3,650 / GBP 2,676 | — | — |
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
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 0972-0634
- Electronic ISSN
- 0973-0729
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Health Management
What CAS zone is Journal of Health Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Health Management is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category 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.
Which databases index Journal of Health Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Health Management is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Health Management open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Health Management is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,650.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .