Journal profile · HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES
Journal of Health Organization and Management
ISSN 1477-7266 · eISSN 1758-7247 · Emerald
Journal of Health Organization and Management: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.33; hybrid open access; median 202 days to acceptance (95 articles, last 24 months); 162 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Health Organization and Management is published by Emerald 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 Management and Organizational Studies, Interprofessional Education and Collaboration and Health Policy Implementation Science, together about 25.2% 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
- Management and Organizational StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting9.2%
- Interprofessional Education and CollaborationHealth Professions8.4%
- Health Policy Implementation ScienceHealth Professions7.6%
- Healthcare Quality and ManagementHealth Professions7.5%
- Nursing education and managementNursing6.9%
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting6.2%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.6%
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions5.4%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | 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 | Health Policy & Services | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 2.33LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.59LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.02LetPub ·
- h-index
- 71OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 745OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.7OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 11.82%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 159LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,522 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 152 | 34 | 50 |
| 2025 | 162 | 38 | 418 |
| 2024 | 126 | 47 | 720 |
| 2023 | 33 | 8 | 576 |
| 2022 | 49 | 24 | 553 |
| 2021 | 104 | 50 | 1,358 |
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 PubMed · to
202 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 156 days – 287 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 31 days (61 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 229 days
- Sample
- 95 articles with submission and acceptance dates (306 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".
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
- Emerald
- ISSN
- 1477-7266
- Electronic ISSN
- 1758-7247
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Health Organization and Management
What CAS zone is Journal of Health Organization and Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Health Organization and 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 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Health Organization and Management?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.33; CiteScore 3.3, h-index 71.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Health Organization and Management?
Based on the dates recorded on 95 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 202 days (interquartile range 156–287 days). 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.
Which databases index Journal of Health Organization and Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Health Organization and Management is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Health Organization and Management open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Health Organization and Management 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; 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: .